I see no cats on the heads of these Norwich dwellers. It must be an archaic practice
Posted on 01/08/2015 3:45:11 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Fresh light has been shone on Norwich's grisly medieval history, after archaeologists uncovered evidence suggesting the site of a proposed £7m car park was once a 13th Century leather workshop...
Archaeologists have already dug seven trials trenches, each four metres by four metres, to investigate the low-lying site near to the River Wensum.
An eighth trench is set to be dug and evaluated after planned demolition works have taken place, with analysis of any finds to feed into a new report in early 2015.
Evaluation of the site to date has identified activity from the prehistoric period to the modern era.
And, from animal bones discovered at the city centre site, it seems our medieval ancestors knew of at least one way to skin a cat -- possibly so they could make hats or gloves...
They found so many goat horncores -- the bones at the centre of horns -- that archaeologists think the site may have been a high-quality leather tanning works, with animal corpses brought to the area to be processed.
And, with the site close to the river and near two friary sites, archaeologists are wondering whether the site might have served monks, producing high-quality leather items and vellum -- a parchment used for scrolls and books.
The report by archeologists speculates: "One interesting aspect is whether the name of this activity, the manufacture of vellum being carried out by parchmenters, is in some way retained as the derivation of Parmentergate and the church of St Peter Parmentergate on King Street."
(Excerpt) Read more at edp24.co.uk ...
And fill the gas tank!
$2.15/gal at the QT on the way home from Monroe today!
I see no cats on the heads of these Norwich dwellers. It must be an archaic practice
Head on over here...or not.
I hope they enjoyed their Black Plague.
Rest in peace Jimmy.
You provided a lot of entertainment and at your core I think were a decent man.
Now that’s funny!
(to the tune of Davy Crocket)
Traffy, Traficanti! Let’s have a Wildwood beer!
*chuckle* May he and his Scalp Possum rest in peace.
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