Aurochs bone
- Description
- This aurochs leg bone dates to the Mesolithic and was found at Westward Ho! in Devon. Aurochs are the undomesticated ancestors of modern cattle that would have been hunted by the Mesolithic people of Britain. Meat was important to hunter-gatherers who would hunt aurochs with bows and arrows.
- Accession Loan No.
- 1901/9/5
- Collection Class
- Devon archaeology
- Common Name
- aurochs bone
- Simple Name
- faunal bone
- Full Name
- aurochs bone
- Dimensions
- whole length 370 mm; whole W 120 mm; whole TH 130 mm
- Period Classification
- Mesolithic (10000-4000 BC)
- Family Group
- Material
- bone (animal)
- Collection Site Name
- Westward Ho!
- Collection Town
- Westward Ho!
- Collection County
- Devon
- Collection Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collection Continent
- Europe
- Phylum
- CHORDATA: Vertebrata
- Family
- BOVIDAE
- Genus
- Bos
- Species
- primigenius
