Domestic Animal Bone

This well-preserved bone jaw with several teeth is from Sus scrofa domesticus, a domestic pig. It was found at the Brady site in Darlington, Ontario, near the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station. This farmstead was occupied during the first half of the 19th century. Archaeologists have found over 800 food-related mammal remains on the site, including pig, cow, and sheep. Among them, the pig was dominant. Domesticated pigs came to Canada and Northern America with European colonists in the 16th century. The introduction of such non-native species, which were a regular part of the European diet, had a significant environmental impact on the native fauna and flora.