International Journal of Historical Archaeology Pub Date : 2021-11-11 , DOI: 10.1007/s10761-021-00636-1 Liz M Quinlan 1
Boston’s “Big Dig” construction project resulted in the excavation of multiple archaeological sites dating from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries, including the Great House/Three Cranes Tavern in Charlestown, Massachusetts (USA). An otherwise unremarkable pit below the tavern foundation contained bones originally identified as a cat skeleton, which has subsequently been reidentified as a dog. This paper discusses site context, osteological evidence for the dog’s reclassification, and the shifts in cultural meaning this may indicate. Employing an osteobiographical approach, it draws together points of connection between the modern skeletal assessment, a series of 1980s excavations, and the motivations of eighteenth-century tavern inhabitants.
中文翻译:
坑里的小狗:马萨诸塞州三鹤酒馆的十八世纪狗的骨传
波士顿的“大挖掘”建设项目发掘了多个十七至十九世纪的考古遗址,其中包括美国马萨诸塞州查尔斯敦的大宅/三鹤酒馆。酒馆地基下方有一个不起眼的坑,里面有最初被鉴定为猫骨架的骨头,后来被重新鉴定为狗骨架。本文讨论了遗址背景、狗重新分类的骨学证据,以及这可能表明的文化意义的转变。它采用骨传学方法,汇集了现代骨骼评估、一系列 20 世纪 80 年代的发掘以及 18 世纪酒馆居民的动机之间的联系点。