Dear list members,
Do you know if there have been studies on animal sacrifices/burials on non-votive Roman sites? All studies I've seen on Roman ritual aspects regarding animal remains have been carried out on assemblages from temples. I have some animal burials on a British site with continuity back to the Iron Age, where such animal burials have usually been interpreted as ritual. Is there a break in tradition between IA and Roman in this aspect, or may there be continuity? Animal sacrifices/burials for luck and protection are known in Scandinavian Post-medieval rural contexts (I have no idea whether this occurs in British Post-medieval society as well), so the concept didn't go entirely extinct after the Iron Age.
Regards,
Lena
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Lena Strid, Oxford Archaeology
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