King, A. (2005). Animal remains from temples in Roman Britain. Britannia 36. Vol 36, pp. 329-369.
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Animal remains from temples in Roman Britain | |||||
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Issue The name of the volume or issue |
Britannia 36 | |||||
Series The series the publication or report is included in |
Britannia | |||||
Volume Volume number and part |
36 | |||||
Page Start/End The start and end page numbers. |
329 - 369 | |||||
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Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report |
Approximately twenty temple excavations have yielded significant assemblages of animal bones. All come from Romano-Celtic temples in southern Britain, with the exception of four shrines for eastern cults. The paper picks out major characteristics of the assemblages and draws some general conclusions about the nature of the ritual activity that led to their deposition. At temples such as Uley or Hayling, sacrifices were probably an important part of the rituals, and the animals carefully selected. At other temples, animals had a lesser role, with little evidence of selection. At healing shrines, such as Bath and Lydney, animal sacrifices are not clearly attested, and would probably have taken place away from the areas used for healing humans. In contrast to the Romano-Celtic temples, animal remains at the shrines of eastern cults have very different characteristics: individual deposits can be linked to specific rituals within the cult buildings, and have many similarities to the continental evidence. | |||||
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published |
2005 | |||||
Locations Any locations covered by the publication or report. This is not the place the book or report was published. |
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Source Where the record has come from or which dataset it was orginally included in. |
BIAB
(The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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Created Date The date the record of the pubication was first entered |
16 Mar 2006 |
