I know it's earlier but if anyone uses this thread to generate a book idea I want in! We excavated a pet pig burial here in Yorktown complete with shroud pin between two human burials in a colonial church yard. It fell victim to grey literature but I always felt it should have been given more attention. 

Donald Sadler
Project Archaeologist
Cultural Resources, inc.  
Richmond VA
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On Jan 14, 2013, at 5:18 PM, "C. Cessford" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Richard Thomas at the University of Leicester has written several articles that discuss the British evidence for pets. Some are available on Academia.edu
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> Examples include:
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> Thomas R. 2005. Perceptions versus reality: changing attitudes towards pets in medieval and post-medieval England, pp. 95-105, in Plukowski A. (ed.), Just Skin and Bones? New Perspectives on Human-Animal Relations in the Historic Past. BAR International Series 1410. Archaeopress, Oxford.
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> Thomas, R. 2009. Bones of contention: why later post-medieval assemblages of animal bones matter, pp. 133-148, in Horning, A. and Palmer, M. (eds) Crossing Paths or Sharing Tracks: Future Directions in the Archaeological Study of Post-1550 Britain and Ireland. Boydell and Brewer Ltd., Woodbridge.
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> Thomas, R. 2010. Translocated testudinidae: the earliest archaeological evidence for tortoises in Britain. Post-Medieval Archaeology 44/1: 165-171.
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>> 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.