Ritual Patterns in the Deposits of Fauna Associated with Iberian Burials: The Necropolis of El Poblado During the Fourth to Second Centuries <scp>bc</scp> (Archaeological Complex of Coimbra del Barranco Ancho, Murcia)

Canadell, Silvia Albizuri; Subirà, M. Eulàlia; Ruíz, Jordi

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“…The most methodologically rigorous contextual importance for the interpretation of ritual is the comparison of the specific context of the assemblage under study with multiple comparatives from demonstrably non-ritual contexts closely related in time and spaceits wider context (e.g. Albizuri et al, 2015;Colominas et al, 2013;Gál & Kunst, 2014;Kansa & Campbell, 2004;Lentacker et al, 2004;Mylona, 2013). For Spila Nakovana, it was this comparison with other Later Iron Age (and Late Bronze Age) settlements as well as comparison with the earlier occupations of the cave itself that provided the necessary evidence to determine the quotidian composition of the sanctuary faunal assemblage.…”

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“…Belarte & Valenzuela-Lamas, 2013). Comparisons of such structured deposits (such as those in funerary contexts) with one another can be used to identify patterns in their deposition (Stanc & Bejenaru, 2004) but must be compared directly with local domestic faunal assemblages before the importance of such depositional patterns can be determined (Albizuri et al, 2015;Olson, 2000). Depositional biases towards a given taxon or age group are useful for studies of funerary offerings and cosmology, but must be compared with more mundane consumption and herd management choices in order to determine the social and/or cosmological significance in the selection of animal offerings.…”

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Animal Remains from Ritual Sites: A Cautionary Tale from the Eastern Adriatic

Gaastra

2017

Intl J of Osteoarchaeology

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This article assesses the potential pitfalls of extant methods and criteria used for identifying the ritual use and consumption of animals. Previous analysis of the Late Iron Age sanctuary assemblage from Spila Nakovana identified the ritual consumption of domestic animals in the sanctuary through comparison with a common set of criteria for the identification of ritual patterning in faunal assemblages. A recent analysis of a larger sample from Spila Nakovana has overturned this original determination, leading to a re-evaluation of the ranked importance of the common criteria utilised for ritual patterning identification. The importance of context is addressed in the determination of ritual patterning within archaeological faunal assemblages, with regard to both the direct and wider context of the sample.

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Animal Remains from Ritual Sites: A Cautionary Tale from the Eastern Adriatic

Gaastra

2017

Intl J of Osteoarchaeology

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Skeletal remains of human perinatal individuals from the fortified Iberian Period settlement of Ca n’Oliver (6th century to 50 years BCE)

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Guardia

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Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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Burial customs in the Iberian Period (Iron Age II) included cremation. Only perinatal and newborn infants were buried directly beneath floor settlement. These infants represent the very few unburned human remains recovered from Iberian sites. The interpretation of these infant burials is in debate, focusing on whether they are unnatural or natural deaths. Our aim is to infer mortality patterns and developmental conditions of these individuals, in order to respond if infanticide was present in these assemblages. A large perinatal human skeletal sample from the Ca n’Oliver site (sixth century to 50 years BCE) from the Iberian Period of the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula was analysed, combining osteological methods together with tooth histology and aDNA analysis. Combining osteological and odontological estimates indicated ages between 22 and 42 weeks of gestation for 47 out of a total of 48 individuals. The remaining individual died at about 6 months after birth. Tooth height and enamel histology indicated in 9 out of a subgroup of 13 individuals a low probability of live birth. The remaining 4 individuals possibly survived birth for less than 2 months. According to morphological and molecular results, the sex ratio of this sample is approximately 1:1 male to female. The mortality distribution is consistent with natural mortality. These perinatal deaths were probably spontaneous abortions and neonatal deaths, reflecting an endogenous mortality profile due to genetic and maternal influences. The present study will serve to broaden our knowledge on perinatal individuals of the Iberian Period.

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