In Pont-Sainte-Maxence (Oise), two urban complexes about two centuries apart - a cellar on Rue du Moustier (late 15th-early 16th century) and garden levels on Rue Bodson (17th-early 18th century) – show the shifting of meat preferences. The cellar shows an even balance of beef, pork and goat; while the garden levels favour beef, with an addition of veal, while pork declines with some goat. Turkey is a sign of Atlantic trade; horse, mostly male, are culled service animals of the city. The discrepancies are as much a matter of work practices as of the conservation conditions. Overall, the period saw a shift in favour of beef/veal. Traduction : John Lynch