Clare Rainsford
Biographic Data
| ID | 3646471 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Clare Rainsford |
| GIVEN NAMES | Clare |
| FAMILY NAME | Rainsford |
| SIGNATURE | RAINSFORD C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bradford |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Integration of age-at-death and novel peptide sex estimation reveals cattle culling practices at Yorkshire Iron Age shrine site
Amelogenin peptide sex estimation is growing in bioarchaeological applications, with new studies focusing on developing rapid and inexpensive methods to enable sex estimations of larger numbers of samples. The main focus of these studies is hominin remains, with very few publications implementing amelogenin peptide analysis for faunal sex estimations, and no publications successfully employing high-throughput methods for large numbers of faunal r…
Animal Offerings in Ritual, Economic and Social Contexts in Britannia
Animals were central to ritual activity at religious sites in Britannia, in sacrifice, iconography, structured deposition and feasting. While animal remains from shrine and temple sites have been regularly studied, there have been few attempts to integrate them with their ‘secular’ landscape context. Recent theoretical developments offer an opportunity to bridge that gap and better contextualize ritual and religious acts involving animals. Using …
One hoof in the grave? Animal remains as inhumation grave goods in early medieval eastern England
Animal remains placed into inhumation graves in fifth to seventh century England have been recorded for many years, but for reasons related both to the development of the discipline and the sparse nature of the evidence, there has been little systematic study of these remains. The evidence for animal remains in inhumation burials across five eastern UK counties (Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire) is reviewed, and results from …
Bone Taphonomy in Deep Urban Stratigraphy: Case Studies from York, United Kingdom
Wild to domestic and back again: The dynamics of fallow deer management in medieval England (c. 11 th -16 th century AD)
This paper presents the results of the first comprehensive scientific study of the fallow deer, a non-native species whose medieval-period introduction to Britain transformed the cultural landscape. It brings together data from traditional zooarchaeological analyses with those derived from new ageing techniques as well as the results of a programme of radiocarbon dating, multi-element isotope studies and genetic analyses. These new data are here …
Taphonomy and contextual zooarchaeology in urban deposits at York, UK
The Embarrassment of Riches: Rationalising Faunal Assemblages from Large Urban Sites
Museums and other curatorial bodies face the significant challenge of storing large volumes of material recovered from decades of archaeological excavation, amongst which are very large collections of animal bones. As stores fill up, there is pressure to reconsider curation policies, to the point of refusing further deposition and disposal of existing material. Faced with this situation, York Archaeological Trust looked to develop and implement a…
Fishing in the Adriatic at the Mesolithic–Neolithic transition: Evidence from Vela Spila, Croatia
Recent excavations at the site of Vela Spila, Korčula, on the Adriatic coast of Croatia have yielded a substantial assemblage of fish bone dating to the Mesolithic and Neolithic period. Few similar assemblages have been recovered to date, and zooarchaeological analysis of the material from Vela Spila provides an insight into the choices and practices associated with fishing across the crucial Mesolithic–Neolithic transition, and across a period o…
Fishing in the Adriatic at the Mesolithic–Neolithic transition: Evidence from Vela Spila, Croatia
Recent excavations at the site of Vela Spila, Korčula, on the Adriatic coast of Croatia have yielded a substantial assemblage of fish bone dating to the Mesolithic and Neolithic period. Few similar assemblages have been recovered to date, and zooarchaeological analysis of the material from Vela Spila provides an insight into the choices and practices associated with fishing across the crucial Mesolithic–Neolithic transition, and across a period o…
One hoof in the grave? Animal remains as inhumation grave goods in early medieval eastern England
Animal remains placed into inhumation graves in fifth to seventh century England have been recorded for many years, but for reasons related both to the development of the discipline and the sparse nature of the evidence, there has been little systematic study of these remains. The evidence for animal remains in inhumation burials across five eastern UK counties (Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire) is reviewed, and results from …
Taphonomy and contextual zooarchaeology in urban deposits at York, UK
The Embarrassment of Riches: Rationalising Faunal Assemblages from Large Urban Sites
Museums and other curatorial bodies face the significant challenge of storing large volumes of material recovered from decades of archaeological excavation, amongst which are very large collections of animal bones. As stores fill up, there is pressure to reconsider curation policies, to the point of refusing further deposition and disposal of existing material. Faced with this situation, York Archaeological Trust looked to develop and implement a…
Fishing in the Adriatic at the Mesolithic–Neolithic transition: Evidence from Vela Spila, Croatia
Recent excavations at the site of Vela Spila, Korčula, on the Adriatic coast of Croatia have yielded a substantial assemblage of fish bone dating to the Mesolithic and Neolithic period. Few similar assemblages have been recovered to date, and zooarchaeological analysis of the material from Vela Spila provides an insight into the choices and practices associated with fishing across the crucial Mesolithic–Neolithic transition, and across a period o…
Wild to domestic and back again: The dynamics of fallow deer management in medieval England (c. 11 th -16 th century AD)
This paper presents the results of the first comprehensive scientific study of the fallow deer, a non-native species whose medieval-period introduction to Britain transformed the cultural landscape. It brings together data from traditional zooarchaeological analyses with those derived from new ageing techniques as well as the results of a programme of radiocarbon dating, multi-element isotope studies and genetic analyses. These new data are here …
Taphonomy and contextual zooarchaeology in urban deposits at York, UK
The Embarrassment of Riches: Rationalising Faunal Assemblages from Large Urban Sites
Museums and other curatorial bodies face the significant challenge of storing large volumes of material recovered from decades of archaeological excavation, amongst which are very large collections of animal bones. As stores fill up, there is pressure to reconsider curation policies, to the point of refusing further deposition and disposal of existing material. Faced with this situation, York Archaeological Trust looked to develop and implement a…
Bone Taphonomy in Deep Urban Stratigraphy: Case Studies from York, United Kingdom
One hoof in the grave? Animal remains as inhumation grave goods in early medieval eastern England
Animal remains placed into inhumation graves in fifth to seventh century England have been recorded for many years, but for reasons related both to the development of the discipline and the sparse nature of the evidence, there has been little systematic study of these remains. The evidence for animal remains in inhumation burials across five eastern UK counties (Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire) is reviewed, and results from …
Animal Offerings in Ritual, Economic and Social Contexts in Britannia
Animals were central to ritual activity at religious sites in Britannia, in sacrifice, iconography, structured deposition and feasting. While animal remains from shrine and temple sites have been regularly studied, there have been few attempts to integrate them with their ‘secular’ landscape context. Recent theoretical developments offer an opportunity to bridge that gap and better contextualize ritual and religious acts involving animals. Using …
Integration of age-at-death and novel peptide sex estimation reveals cattle culling practices at Yorkshire Iron Age shrine site
Amelogenin peptide sex estimation is growing in bioarchaeological applications, with new studies focusing on developing rapid and inexpensive methods to enable sex estimations of larger numbers of samples. The main focus of these studies is hominin remains, with very few publications implementing amelogenin peptide analysis for faunal sex estimations, and no publications successfully employing high-throughput methods for large numbers of faunal r…
Archaeology (6 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (6 works) · Geography (5 works) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (4 works) · Excavation (3 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (3 works) · Taphonomy (3 works) · Context (archaeology (2 works) · History (2 works) · Medieval Literature and History (2 works)