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Animal remains from the 4th-5th century AD well at São Miguel de Odrinhas, Sintra, Portugal

Authors: Davis, Simon; Gonçalves, Alexandre;

Animal remains from the 4th-5th century AD well at São Miguel de Odrinhas, Sintra, Portugal

Abstract

A escavação dos depósitos de preenchimento de um poço na villa romana de São Miguel de Odrinhas, em Sintra, Portugal, datados dos séculos IV/V d.C., revelou mais de 700 ossos identificáveis de mamíferos e de aves. A maior parte dos ossos de vaca, ovelha/cabra e porco correspondem provavelmente a restos de comida. Alguns dos ossos, que de um modo geral se encontram completos, pertencem a um gato, a 7–8 esqueletos de ovelha de pequeno porte, 6 cães, um leitão e um frango juvenil. Um dos cães seria provavelmente um animal de estimação, com pernas arqueadas e altura de ombros de 23–24 cm — entre os mais pequenos espécimes conhecidos no mundo romano. As ovelhas de São Miguel encontram-se entre os exemplares mais pequenos identificados em Portugal, sendo mesmo mais reduzidos do que os de raça Soay, na atual Escócia. A presença destes animais entre os restantes materiais de preenchimento do poço sugere a utilização desta estrutura como local de enterramento ritual de animais de estimação, em determinado momento. Outra explicação possível pode relacionar-se com a simples utilização do local como depósito de lixo doméstico, depois de o poço ter sido desativado da sua função inicial de captação e armazenamento de água.

Excavation of the contents of a well at the Roman villa of São Miguel de Odrinhas near Sintra, Portugal, dated to the 4th/5th century AD uncovered over 700 identifiable animal bones. Many of the cattle, caprines and pigs are probably food refuse. Many complete bones derive from a cat, 7–8 very small sheep, 6 dogs, a suckling pig and a young chicken. One of the dogs was a small dwarfed variety with bandy legs that stood 23–24 cm high at the shoulders — among the smallest known so far from the Roman world. The São Miguel de Odrinhas sheep are among the smallest recorded so far from Portugal being smaller than the Soay, a modern Scottish breed. The pit may have functioned as part of some kind of burial ritual for pets, or simply a refuse hole after its function for obtaining and/or storing water had ceased.

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