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Bone- and Antler-Working at Silchester: Evidence from Early Excavations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Joanna Bacon  and
Nina Crummy
Joanna Bacon
Affiliation:
Rochesterjkbacon@btinternet.com
Nina Crummy
Affiliation:
Copfordn.c.crummy@reading.ac.uk
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Abstract

Craft debris and finished artefacts in Reading Museum's Silchester Collection are used alongside current understanding of Romano-British urban intensive carcass processing and object assemblages to re-assess the evidence for bone- and antler-working in the town over that period.

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Silchesterbone-workingantler-workingartefactsReading Museum

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Britannia , Volume 46 , November 2015 , pp. 251 - 262
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Copyright © The Author(s) 2015. Published by The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies 

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