The research focuses on the use of animals in ritual deposits. It is based in the analysis of the faunal remains recovered from the internal funerary and ritual structures carved in the clay, in the site of the Early Bronze Age of Can Roqueta II (Sabadell, Barcelona). The results show that children, women and men were buried together in a very similar ceremony and accompanied by animals. Sheep and goats, cows, pigs and dogs are the best-represented, although carnivores and birds are also documented. While many of these animals were offered as a meal to accompany the deceased on his journey, the dogs, which were not consumed, were probably sacrificed as guides of the soul. The research aims to show that animal sacrifice is a universal respon...
[EN] Funerary structures recorded in Catalonia from the end of the 5th to the middle of the 4th mill...
La fuerte normalización de los ajuares cárnicos en las sepulturas argáricas permite plantear que, co...
Background: The practice of sacrifice has occurred in several cultures and religions throughout hist...
The research focuses on the use of animals in ritual deposits. It is based in the analysis of the fa...
This paper addresses the meaning of animals in the sanctuary of Garajonay, in La Gomera. It is a mai...
The results of analyses of wild animals in various funerary structures from Sector II of Can Roqueta...
This study focuses on the role of faunal remains in funerary rituals in the Middle Neolithic necropo...
The inclusion of faunal remains in funerary practices is widely documented in Iberian prehistory. Fo...
El estudio de los animales inhumados en el complejo estructural 7 de La Alberquilla, en el último te...
Se analizan tres depósitos faunísticos identificadas en el oppidum de El Molón, cuyas característica...
Findings of canid remains in graves at different sites in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula are...
In two burials found in the archaeological site of Justin were highlighted human subjects and animal...
Today there is a scant research into the ritual use of animals in Bolivian archaeology. Archaeofauna...
A partir de los restos óseos y de las representaciones figuradas en cerámica, piedra o metal, se ana...
Faunal remains in graves raise questions on the use of animals in funerary ritual. Based on a first ...
[EN] Funerary structures recorded in Catalonia from the end of the 5th to the middle of the 4th mill...
La fuerte normalización de los ajuares cárnicos en las sepulturas argáricas permite plantear que, co...
Background: The practice of sacrifice has occurred in several cultures and religions throughout hist...
The research focuses on the use of animals in ritual deposits. It is based in the analysis of the fa...
This paper addresses the meaning of animals in the sanctuary of Garajonay, in La Gomera. It is a mai...
The results of analyses of wild animals in various funerary structures from Sector II of Can Roqueta...
This study focuses on the role of faunal remains in funerary rituals in the Middle Neolithic necropo...
The inclusion of faunal remains in funerary practices is widely documented in Iberian prehistory. Fo...
El estudio de los animales inhumados en el complejo estructural 7 de La Alberquilla, en el último te...
Se analizan tres depósitos faunísticos identificadas en el oppidum de El Molón, cuyas característica...
Findings of canid remains in graves at different sites in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula are...
In two burials found in the archaeological site of Justin were highlighted human subjects and animal...
Today there is a scant research into the ritual use of animals in Bolivian archaeology. Archaeofauna...
A partir de los restos óseos y de las representaciones figuradas en cerámica, piedra o metal, se ana...
Faunal remains in graves raise questions on the use of animals in funerary ritual. Based on a first ...
[EN] Funerary structures recorded in Catalonia from the end of the 5th to the middle of the 4th mill...
La fuerte normalización de los ajuares cárnicos en las sepulturas argáricas permite plantear que, co...
Background: The practice of sacrifice has occurred in several cultures and religions throughout hist...