Dear Ivana,
This is certainly very interesting. The following publication might also
be of some interest to you:
Animals in Mesolithic Burials in Europe by J.M. Grünberg 2013
Anthropozoologica 48 (2): 231-253
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/az2013n2a3
Also available via Research Gate.
I will send you an article which I wrote with a colleague of mine on the
Grass snake in pre-Christean belief separately.
Greeting
Rob Lenders
Assistant professor Environmental Science
Faculty of Science
Radboud University Nijmegen
The Netherlands
> Dear zooarchers,
> I have a question on behalf of my colleague.
> She has brought to my attention the occurrence of snake remains in several
> burials (mostly female, and one child) from a Medieval (9th - 11th
> century) necropolis in Serbia. Based on field sketches, the bones seem to
> be in articulation, and are situated in the stomach and pelvic area, by
> the arms and alongside the bodies of the deceased.
> The question is, does it seem plausible that snakes would burrow through
> the loose soil of burial infills, or perhaps, there are some analogies
> which could suggest that the snakes were placed in burials deliberately?
> Any thoughts, comments or references are more than welcome!
> Thank you in advance.
> Best,Ivana
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>  Ivana Živaljevic  PhD candidateLaboratory for Bioarchaeology Faculty
> of PhilosophyUniversity of Belgrade
> Tel. +381 6389 41 820Email: [log in to unmask]
> Website: http://bioarchlab.org/
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