Unique osteological evidence for human-animal gladiatorial combat in Roman Britain

• T. J. U. Thompson ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: tim.thompson@mu.ie

  Affiliation Department of Anthropology, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Ireland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3265-524X

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• D. Errickson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Cranfield’s Forensic Institute, Cranfield University, Bedford, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9792-671X

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• Christine McDonnell,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation York Archaeological Trust, York, United Kingdom

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• Malin Holst,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations York Osteoarchaeology Ltd, York, United Kingdom, Department of Archaeology, University of York, York, United Kingdom

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• Anwen Caffell,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations York Osteoarchaeology Ltd, York, United Kingdom, Department of Archaeology, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

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• John Pearce,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Classics, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Rebecca L. Gowland

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Archaeology, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

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