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WHAT! Did you open the bag to see if there were any "grave goods" or
perhaps, if you were very lucky, an identifying "Dog Tag"
(woops, I meat a "Cat Tag."). Of course, I assume you saved the plastic
bag, labeled and inventoried it.
Did people consider cats to be pets in the colonial period or just tools
(rodent killers)? I know there is some evidence of people
eating cats (e.g. 19th century Cannon Point Plantation). Any cat or dog
remains from early sites like Jamestown or Quebec
or St Mary's City?
RLS
At 05:12 PM 6/5/2005, you wrote:
>Robert L. Schuyler wrote:
> > We seem to drifting away from the subject of HISTARCH, so to get it back on
> > topic: Has anyone ever found a modern historic period
> > (i.e. !400-present) cat burial? Also when did the first Pet Cemeteries
> > appear in the US and elsewhere?
>
>Yes! I found a cat burial on a farm site in Michigan. It was buried not
>very deep in the landscaping along the back of the house (or, at any
>rate, what was left of it). The 'body' was in a plastic bag, and was
>relatively recent since it was still a little -- well -- greasy. I
>refused to collect it as an 'artifact' and we gave it a nice reburial
>without touching or moving it.
>
>Carol
>
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>Carol A. Nickolai
>
>Anthropology Anthropology and Geography
>University of Pennsylvania Community College of Philadelphia
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Robert L. Schuyler
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