A Lot of Bones

A Lot of Bones

Credit: Michael MacKinnon

Archaeologists pulled a metric ton of cattle bones from an ancient Corinth theater, perhaps representing yearly feasts in the 4th and 5th centuries A.D.

Collected Bones

Collected Bones

Credit: Michael MacKinnon

Trash cans full of bones collected from the Corinth theater.

Cattle Skull

Cattle Skull

Credit: Michael MacKinnon

A cattle skull found in the Corinth bone deposit. Most of the bones were from cows.

Cattle Jawbones

Cattle Jawbones

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Cattle jawbones found in Corinth. Only about a tenth of the bones in the theater have been recovered.

Sorting Bones

Sorting Bones

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Bones from Corinth laid out for sorting and analysis.

Corinth Theater

Corinth Theater

Credit: Michael MacKinnon

The western section of the ruined theater where the bones were discarded and found.