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Animal Remains from Temples in Roman Britain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2010

Anthony King
Anthony King
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Abstract

Approximately twenty temple excavations have yielded significant assemblages of animal bones. All come from Romano-Celtic temples in southern Britain, with the exception of four shrines for eastern cults. This paper picks out major characteristics of the assemblages and draws some general conclusions about the nature of the ritual activity that led to their deposition. At temples such as Uley or Hayling, sacrifices were probably an important part of the rituals, and the animals carefully selected. At other temples, animals had a lesser role, with little evidence of selection. At healing shrines, such as Bath and Lydney, animal sacrifices are not clearly attested, and would probably have taken place away from the areas used for healing humans. In contrast to the Romano-Celtic temples, animal remains at the shrines of eastern cults have very different characteristics: individual deposits can be linked to specific rituals within the cult buildings, and have many similarities to the continental evidence

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ROMANO-CELTIC TEMPLEANIMALS BONESIRON AGEMITHRAEAULEYHAYLING ISLANDHARLOWFOLLY LANELAMYATT BEACON
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Britannia , Volume 36 , November 2005 , pp. 329 - 369
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Copyright © Anthony King 2005. Exclusive Licence to Publish: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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