An article and photo gallery in yesterday's Guardian describes an archeological dig at Silchester, England.
Recent finds at the dig include skeletons of young dogs with marks of flaying – suggesting that among its many flourishing Iron Age industries it may have been a centre for the trade in warm fluffy puppy fur cloaks.
Original story here.
"Almost a century before the Romans arrived in 43 AD, a town of up to 10,000 people was laid out at Silchester, with all the characteristics credited to the invaders: a regular grid pattern of streets and narrow alleys dividing plots, supplied with water from wells and springs – a wealthy place minting its own coins and trading in luxury goods with continental Europe."
Recent finds at the dig include skeletons of young dogs with marks of flaying – suggesting that among its many flourishing Iron Age industries it may have been a centre for the trade in warm fluffy puppy fur cloaks.
Original story here.