Animals in funerary space: Ethnic, social and functional aspects in Roman Switzerland

Sabine Deschler-Erb

doi:10.5252/az2013n2a14

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Sabine Deschler-Erb¹

¹IPAS, University of Basel 145 Spalenring CH-4055 Basel (Switzerland) sabine.deschler@unibas.ch

Abstract

Animal bones from funeral contexts of two sites in Roman Switzerland, the legionary camp Vindonissa and the capital city Aventicum, are compared. Burning of meat offerings existed in both sites, but the burial of complete or partial animals is only documented in Aventicum. Apparently the method of deposition was dependent on the social and ethnic affiliation of the deceased, as well as the function of the settlement to which the graves belonged.

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Sabine Deschler-Erb "Animals in funerary space: Ethnic, social and functional aspects in Roman Switzerland," Anthropozoologica 48(2), 381-390, (1 December 2013). https://doi.org/10.5252/az2013n2a14

Received: 13 September 2011; Accepted: 3 March 2012; Published: 1 December 2013