There is a significant funerary tradition for pets which extends to all 
incomes classes and functions of residence. For high end burials see the 
Evergreen house in Baltimore-I would suggest that farm burials were part of 
a wider tradition which continues today. Suburban house lots of any 
antiquity in the USA are likely to have serveral- I put three dogs into my 
lot and came across a small mammal burial  when digging a post hole-in a 
shoe box......fascinating topic....including grave goods....

Conrad

-----Original Message----- 
From: Janice Adamson
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 11:59 PM
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Subject: Pet Burials

Hi there, I was wondering if anyone can provide me with some references to 
published material (rather than grey literature I can't get access to) 
regarding pet burials, particularly on 19th century farmstead sites?  There 
doesn't seem to have been much written on this.