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Animals in funerary space : ethnic, social and functional aspects in Roman Switzerland
Journal
Anthropozoologica
Volume
48
Number
2
Pages / Article-Number
381-390
Keywords
Animal bones, Roman, burial, deposit, offering
Abstract
Animal bones from funeral contexts of two sites in Roman Switzerland, the legionary camp Vindonissa and the capital city Aventicum, are compared. Burning of meat offerings existed in both sites, but burying of complete or partial animals is only documented in Aventicum. Apparently the method of deposition was dependant on the social and ethnic affiliation of the deceased, as well as the function of the settlement to which the graves belonged.