Lo studio dei resti faunistici all’interno dei contesti cultuali ha portato negli ultimi anni a un ampliamento del campo di indagine dell’archeologia del sacro. In questo contributo si esamina il ruolo dei resti faunistici nella ricostruzione del rituale mitraico, raccogliendo i dati provenienti dai mitrei di alcune regioni dell’Impero romano in cui l’apporto dell’archeozoologia ha permesso di gettare nuova luce sulla presenza di sacrifici e sulle abitudini alimentari in questi luoghi di culto. In aggiunta ai dati osteologici, l’ausilio della documentazione architettonica, iconografica e letteraria, ha permesso di approfondire le dinamiche del banchetto e la sua importanza nel culto di Mitra.Over the last years a surge of scholarly in...
In this study, archaeozoological remains (hand-retrieved and retrieved from soil samples) from resid...
Les premiers siècles de notre ère ont légué de nombreux témoignages de pratiques dites « magiques »,...
The presence of animal bones in human graves may often represent the ritual deposition of alimentary...
Proceedings of the 2nd Meeting of the Zooarchaeology of the Roman Period Working Group, Basel, 1st-4...
This volume includes a number of papers that were originally presented at the conference Roman Anima...
This volume includes a number of papers that were originally presented at the conference Roman Anima...
In the countryside of the ancient city of Herdonia (Ordona, Foggia), in the Northern Apulia, during ...
Faunal remains in graves raise questions on the use of animals in funerary ritual. Based on a first ...
Faunal remains in graves raise questions on the use of animals in funerary ritual. Based on a first ...
The Mysteries of Mithras, dedicated to the eponymous Persian divinity, was one of several mystery cu...
The Mysteries of Mithras, dedicated to the eponymous Persian divinity, was one of several mystery cu...
The Mysteries of Mithras, dedicated to the eponymous Persian divinity, was one of several mystery cu...
The relationships between animals and humans date back thousands of years. Cultures around the world...
Starting from the survey of thermo-mineral sites from the Roman age in the Italian peninsula, this a...
The relationships between animals and humans date back thousands of years. Cultures around the world...
In this study, archaeozoological remains (hand-retrieved and retrieved from soil samples) from resid...
Les premiers siècles de notre ère ont légué de nombreux témoignages de pratiques dites « magiques »,...
The presence of animal bones in human graves may often represent the ritual deposition of alimentary...
Proceedings of the 2nd Meeting of the Zooarchaeology of the Roman Period Working Group, Basel, 1st-4...
This volume includes a number of papers that were originally presented at the conference Roman Anima...
This volume includes a number of papers that were originally presented at the conference Roman Anima...
In the countryside of the ancient city of Herdonia (Ordona, Foggia), in the Northern Apulia, during ...
Faunal remains in graves raise questions on the use of animals in funerary ritual. Based on a first ...
Faunal remains in graves raise questions on the use of animals in funerary ritual. Based on a first ...
The Mysteries of Mithras, dedicated to the eponymous Persian divinity, was one of several mystery cu...
The Mysteries of Mithras, dedicated to the eponymous Persian divinity, was one of several mystery cu...
The Mysteries of Mithras, dedicated to the eponymous Persian divinity, was one of several mystery cu...
The relationships between animals and humans date back thousands of years. Cultures around the world...
Starting from the survey of thermo-mineral sites from the Roman age in the Italian peninsula, this a...
The relationships between animals and humans date back thousands of years. Cultures around the world...
In this study, archaeozoological remains (hand-retrieved and retrieved from soil samples) from resid...
Les premiers siècles de notre ère ont légué de nombreux témoignages de pratiques dites « magiques »,...
The presence of animal bones in human graves may often represent the ritual deposition of alimentary...