I'm working with a faunal assemblage dating to the first half of the 18th
century in Delaware.  Included in the assemblage are an older horse and an
old cow/ox which exhibit cut marks incurred through consumption.  The
inhabitants appear to have been poor, possibly enslaved or indentured.  How
common are consumption cut marks on horse bones on colonial sites and does
this potentially reflect cultural ethnicity?  Any thoughts?

 

Bill Liebeknecht, MA, RPA

Principal Investigator

Hunter Research, Inc.

Trenton, New Jersey