A herd of sheep led to the slaughter – Evidence of hecatombs at Losodica/ Munningen (Bavaria)

Sabine  Deschler-Erb; Andreas  Schaflitzl

doi:10.34780/b03671ada6

A herd of sheep led to the slaughter – Evidence of hecatombs at Losodica/ Munningen (Bavaria)

in: Roman Animals in ritual and funerary contexts: Proceedings of the 2nd Meeting of the Zooarchaeology of the Roman Period Working Group, Basel, 1st-4th February, 2018

https://doi.org/10.34780/zc8bd66aa0

Autoría y colaboradores/as

Sabine Deschler-Erb [Coordinador de obra] https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4876-9217
Andreas Schaflitzl [Autor de capítulo] https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7977-4214

Sinopsis

In a building within the Roman vicus of Munningen a huge amount of heavily burnt bones were recovered. The archaeozoological analysis presented here provides evi[1]dence for ritual acts following a local tradition.