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Dog burials are actually not uncommon on prehistoric sites here in the
Southwest. Not sure about cats though. Will have to ask a couple of
colleagues and get back to the list on that one!
mas
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert L. Schuyler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: Felines
> 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
>>
>>--
>>Carol A. Nickolai
>>
>>Anthropology Anthropology and Geography
>>University of Pennsylvania Community College of Philadelphia
>>email: [log in to unmask] email: [log in to unmask]
>
> Robert L. Schuyler
> University of Pennsylvania Museum
> 3260 South Street
> Philadelphia, PA l9l04-6324
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