If you are at all interested in Egyptian animal rituals, you might want to look at:
Divine Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt (Salima Ikram, ed) and sections of
Vernus, Pascal. The gods of ancient Egypt 1860642705 London ; is useful too. If you want
more from ancient Egypt, I am happy to oblige
Best,
Salima
Professor Salima Ikram
Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology and Egyptology Department
American University in Cairo
113 Qasr el-Aini
Cairo
EGYPT
fax: +20-2-2795-7565
phone: +20-2-2797-6762
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Date : Thu, 30 Aug 2007 06:41:34 EDT
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> Dear Elizabeth,
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> The following are useful:
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> Anderson, S. and Boyle, K. (eds.). 1996. Ritual Treatment of Human and
> Animal Remains. Proceedings of the 1st Meeting of the Osteoarchaeological Research
> Group: 45-58. Oxford: Oxbow Books.
> Davis, S.J.M. 1996. Animal sacrifices. In: Buitron-Oliver, D. (ed.). The
> Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates at Kourion: Excavations in the Archaic Precinct, pp.
> 181-2. Jonsered, Sweden: Paul Åströms förlag.
> Harcourt, R. 1979. Dogs. In: Clarke, G. Winchester Studies 3. Pre-Roman and
> Roman Winchester. Part II The Roman Cemetery at Lankhills, pp. 244-5. Oxford:
> Clarendon Press.
> Hill, J. D. 1995. Ritual and Rubbish in the Iron Age of Wessex. BAR Brit.
> Ser. 242. Oxford.
> Jameson, M.H. 1988. Sacrifice and animal husbandry in classical Greece. In:
> Whittaker, C.R. (ed.). Pastoral economies in classical antiquity, pp.
> 87-119. Cambridge Philological Society, Supplementary volume 14.
> Legge, A.J. and Dorrington, E.J. 1985, The Animal Bones. In, France, N.E.
> and Gobel, B.M., The Romano-British Temple at Harlow, Essex, pp. 122-133. West
> Essex Archaeological Group.
> Legge, A.J., Williams, J. and Williams, P. 1991, The determination of season
> of death from the mandibles and bones of the domestic sheep (Ovis aries).
> In: Maggi, R., Nisbet, R. and Barker, G. (eds). Archaeologia Della Pastorizia
> Nell’Europa Meridonale. pp. 49-65. (Rivista di Studi Liguri LVI Nos 1-4,
> Bordighera 1991).
> Levitan, B. 1993, Vertebrate remains. In, Woodward, A. & Leach, P., The Uley
> Shrines. Excavation of a ritual complex on West Hill, Uley, Gloucestershire:
> 1977-9, pp.257-301. London: English Heritage.
> Luff, R-M. 1992. The Faunal Remains. In: Wickenden, N.P. 1992. The temple
> and other sites in the north-eastern sector of Caesaromagus, pp. 116-124. CBA
> Research Report 75/Chelmsford Archaeological Trust report 9.
> Luff, R-M. 1999. Animal and human bones. In: Turner, R. Excavations of an
> Iron Age Settlement and Roman Religious Complex at Ivy Chimneys, Witham, Essex
> 1978-83, pp. 204-223. East Anglian Archaeology Report No. 88.
> Merrifield, R. 1987. The Archaeology of Ritual and Magic. London: B.T.
> Batsford.
> Miller, T.E. 1995, The Romano-British Temple Precinct at Great Chesterford,
> Essex. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society 84:15-57.
> Vila, E., 2000, Bone remains from sacrificial places: the temples of Athena
> Alea at Tegea and of Asea on Agios Elias (The Peloponnese, Greece). In,
> Mashjour, M., Choyke, A.M., Buitenhuis, H. and Poplin, F. (eds.), Archaeozoology
> of the Near East IV (B), pp. 197-205. Publication 32. Gronningen:
> Archaeological Research and Consultancy.
> In addition I have a report forthcoming on the large ritual deposit of sheep
> bones at Great Chesterford which should be published later this year:
> Baxter, I.L. Forthcoming. Faunal Remains (Temple Precinct). In: Medlycott, M.
> The Roman Town at Great Chesterford. East Anglian Archaeology .
> Best wishes,
> Ian L. Baxter
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