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Título: | The symbolic meaning of cattle and sheep/goat in Bronze Age: faunal inclusions in funerary contexts of South-Weastern Iberia |
Autor(es): | Costa, Cláudia Bettencourt, Ana M. S. Senra, Marta |
Palavras-chave: | anatomical representation cattle, sheep/goats funerary practices human–animal interaction Iberian Bronze Age sheep goats cattle, sheep/goats |
Data: | 2019 |
Editora: | Wiley |
Revista: | International Journal of Osteoarchaeology |
Citação: | COSTA, C.; BETTENCOURT, A.M.S.; SENRA, M. (2019). The symbolic meaning of cattle and sheep/goat in Bronze Age: faunal inclusions in funerary contexts of South-Weastern Iberia, International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.2756 |
Resumo(s): | The inclusion of faunal remains in funerary practices is widely documented in Iberian prehistory. For the late prehistory (Neolithic to Bronze Age), there is relatively more data than in earlier periods, with limb segments being very common, and complete animals are rarer. In Bronze Age contexts from South‐Western Iberia, a high percentage of human burials in subterranean chambers (hypogea) are associated with limb bones of cattle (Bos taurus) and sheep/goats (Ovis/Capra), along with other grave goods. Traditionally, this practice is interpreted as the result of rituals of commensality. In this paper, we present a different perspective. Besides commensality, we show that the inclusion of the same species and the same anatom- ical parts is a highly standardised behaviour. Beyond the tight connection between humans and animals, this pattern also points to a strong symbolism of these domestic species and to symbolic meaning of the anatomical parts themselves. |
Tipo: | Artigo |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/1822/66464 |
DOI: | 10.1002/oa.2756 |
ISSN: | 1047-482X |
e-ISSN: | 1099-1212 |
Versão da editora: | https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.2756 |
Arbitragem científica: | yes |
Acesso: | Acesso restrito UMinho |
Aparece nas coleções: | DH - Artigos/Papers (with refereeing) |
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