Summary

A single sediment sample and one box of hand-col1ected bone (of approximately 16 litres) from deposits revealed by excavations at Market Place, Ripon, North Yorkshire, were submitted for an evaluation of their bioarchaeological potential. Very few biological remains other than bone were recovered from the sample. Preservation of the bones was, on the whole, quite good, although some variability was noted within the assemblage from Context 4005. Much of the assemblage was composed of the usual domestic species, cattle, caprovids and pigs. Fish remains were identified from Sample 1 (Context 1004). The small size of the assemblage and the limited number of fragments of use for providing biometrical and age-at-death information restricts further analysis. No further work is recommended on the current material