Dear colleagues,
IK am wondering whether anyone can point me in the direction of
publications reporting on placement of animal skulls in late Roman
inhumation burials. Here at Aquincum we have been excavating in a
cemetery used over 400 years with over 800 graves. In one grave, a one
legged man is accompanied by the cranium of a dog. In another, even more
exotic grave a skeleton n a coffin wasburied. sometime later, a horse cranium
pointing towards the feet was placed above the legsof the deceased with five
human crania arranged arround it. These are clearly non-Roman elements and
I wonder if anyone has encountered something similar or knows of useful
publications on this subject. Any suggests would be most welcome.
Alice
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