Caprines and toads: taphonomic patterning of animal offering practices in a Late Bronze Age burial assemblage

Lior Weissbrod; Guy Bar-Oz

Caprines and toads: taphonomic patterning of animal offering practices in a Late Bronze Age burial assemblage

Department of Archaeology

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Abstract

The analysis of animal bones from burial sites provides a valuable contribution to our understanding of mortuary ritual practices of past societies. Zooarchaeologists largely recognize the significance of animal bones from such contexts for reconstructing ancient burial customs. Animal bones found in tombs may represent the remains of funerary feasts, food offerings for the deceased (for the afterlife), or gifts to appease the gods (see review and references in Horwitz 2001a). In this paper we explore the possible mortuary ritual significance of the archaeofaunal assemblage recovered from Late Bronze Age (2nd millennium BCE) Ara burial cave, Lower Galilee, Israel

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Behavior behind Bones: the Zooarchaeology of Religion, Ritual, Status and Identity
Editors	S. J. O’Day , W. Van-Meer , A. Ervynck
Publisher	Oxbow Books
Pages	20-24
State	Published - 2004

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Caprines and toads: taphonomic patterning of animal offering practices in a Late Bronze Age burial assemblage. / Weissbrod, Lior ; Bar-Oz, Guy.
Behavior behind Bones: the Zooarchaeology of Religion, Ritual, Status and Identity. ed. / S. J. O’Day; W. Van-Meer; A. Ervynck. Oxbow Books, 2004. p. 20-24.

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Caprines and toads: taphonomic patterning of animal offering practices in a Late Bronze Age burial assemblage

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