Fragmented analysis, fragmented interpretation: The necessity of integrated faunal and human analysis for identifying and understanding ritual contexts

Green, Ellen

doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104697

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104697

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Fragmented analysis, fragmented interpretation: The necessity of integrated faunal and human analysis for identifying and understanding ritual contexts

Ellen Green

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Life From Death: Multi‐species Fertility Rituals Within a Romano‐british Ritual Shaft in Southern England

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2024

Oxford J Archaeology

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SummaryRomano‐British shaft deposits are an important part of the ritual make‐up of the province. However, understanding the meaning of these features is often difficult due to the lack of textual sources. This paper discusses a first century AD shaft from Surrey, England, using a multi‐proxy approach to investigate potential ritual significance. Its unique assemblage, containing one of the largest deposits of human and animal remains ever excavated from a single Romano‐British feature along with the first recorded instance of Romano‐British use of red ochre on bone (a dog baculum, or penis bone), allowed for a series of cosmological connections to fertility be identified.

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Life From Death: Multi‐species Fertility Rituals Within a Romano‐british Ritual Shaft in Southern England

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2024

Oxford J Archaeology

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Fragmented analysis, fragmented interpretation: The necessity of integrated faunal and human analysis for identifying and understanding ritual contexts

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References 23 publications

Life From Death: Multi‐species Fertility Rituals Within a Romano‐british Ritual Shaft in Southern England

Life From Death: Multi‐species Fertility Rituals Within a Romano‐british Ritual Shaft in Southern England

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