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Hi Veronica, That's really interesting! Diana (and her earlier incarnation as Artemis) are often associated with (fallow) deer and bears, not usually pigs as far as I'm aware... I'm copying in my colleague, Holly Miller, who is working on Artemis/Diana at the moment. There is a paper, currently unpublished, by Jennifer Larson that reviews some of the zooarchaeological evidence for Artemis. Jennifer is super-nice and would probably send you the draft if you asked her. Forthcoming, 2014. Venison for Artemis? The problem of deer sacrifice. In Sarah Hitch and Ian Rutherford eds. Animal sacrifice in ancient Greece. Invited chapter for book under contract with Cambridge University Press. All the best, Naomi P.S. If you have any fallow deer from the site, we'd be keen to know more! -----Original Message----- From: Analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Veronica Aniceti Sent: 11 August 2014 14:50 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [ZOOARCH] Roman temples Hi all, I am currently analysing the faunal material from a Roman religious site in southern Tuscany. The temple was dedicated to Diana and was in use between the 1st c. BC to the 3rd c. AD. I am finding a large percentage of pigs. Does anybody know which species are usually associated with this goddess? Do you know about any other publications related to such site in Italy? Thank you very much for your help! Veronica Aniceti