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Wednesday 25 May 2011
The Ritual Killing and Burial of
Animals: European Perspectives
edited by Aleksander Pluskowski
The killing and burial of animals in ritualistic
contexts is encountered across Europe from
Prehistory through to the historical period.
This volume presents the state of research
across Europe to illustrate how comparable interpretative frameworks are used by
archaeologists working with both prehistoric and historical societies. Key questions
include: How easy is it to identify ritually killed animals in the archaeological record?
Can we tell if an animal has been killed specifically for such a purpose? Is it possible to
reconstruct the rites associated with their deposition? What insights can be gained
about the religious paradigms and ritual systems of the societies engaged in animal
sacrifice? Together, the 16 papers represent a snapshot of the current state of
research on this fundamental, recurring and spectacular aspect of human societies in
the past. 224p, b/w & col illus (Oxbow Books, 2011)
ISBN-13: 978-1-84217-444-9
ISBN-10: 1-84217-444-4
Hardback. Not yet published - advance orders taken. Publishers price GB £48.00,
Oxbow Price GB £38.95
Table of Contents
Section 1: Interpretative Frameworks
1. Introduction: The Ritual Killing and Burial of Animals in the Past (Aleksander
Pluskowski)
2. Animal 'Ritual' Killing: From Remains to Meanings (James Morris)
3. Ritualisation (or The Four Fully Articulated Ungulates of the Apocalypse) (Lee
Broderick)
Section 2: Central and Eastern Europe
4. Nourishment for the Soul – Nourishment for the Body. Animal Remains in Early
Medieval Pomeranian Cemeteries (Andrzej Kuczkowski and Kamil Kajowski)
5. Spatial Aspects of Globular Amphora Culture Funeral Rites with Animal Deposits in
Poland (Radoslaw Sczodrowski)
6. Horse Burials as Public Ritual: Lithuanian Perspectives (Mindaugas Bertašius)
7. Protohistoric Animal Deposits in the Alps. Considerations Regarding a Dog, a Pig
and Four Human Neonates from the Rural Settlement of Gamsen (Valais, Switzerland)
(Reynaud Savoiz)
8. Distinct From the Everyday and Beyond Counting Calories: Animal Bones from
“Ritual Spaces” in Late Neolithic Settlements at Lake Constance and in Upper Suebia
(Karlheinz Steppan)
9. Late Antique and Early Medieval Animal Burials in Italy (Frank Salvadori)
10. Animal Deposits in the Late Copper Age Settlement of Balatonoszöd–Temetoi dulo,
Hungary (Tünde Horváth)
Section 3: Western Europe
11. Dealing with Deposits in the Dutch River Area: Animals in Settlement Rituals in the
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Roman Period (Maaike Groot)

12. Sheep Foundation Burials in Roman Winchester (Mark Maltby)
13. Early Anglo-Saxon Horse Culture and Funerary Ritual (c.AD 450-650); Active
Mythology in a European Context (Chris Fern)
14. Evolving Traditions: Horse Slaughter as Part of Viking Burial Customs in Iceland
(Runar Leiffson)
15. Sacred Cows or Old Beasts? A Taphonomic Approach to Studying Ritual Killing
with an Example from Iron Age Uppåkra, Sweden (Ola Magnell)
16. Flesh on the Bones: Animal Bodies in Atlantic Roundhouses (Jacqui Mulville,
Richard Madgwick, Adrienne Powell and Mike Parker Pearson)
17. “Stone Dead”: Dogs in Medieval Sacral Space (László Bartosiewicz)

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