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Species, periods and above sea level (m) occurrence of complete animal burials in the N and CA of the ECB
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Ancient men’s daily lives are unquestionably imbued with the presence of the
divine and their relation to godhood permeates every aspect of their existence. Although,
their perceptions undoubtedly change and vary from region to region and from one
period to the other, nevertheless the same perceptions are the very birth places of gods,
which influe...
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... of the ECB Not all complete animal burials are of the same species, they do vary and certain temporal preference for their use as agents to negotiate identity and relation to the divinity is recognised. Cattle are only recorded in the latest phase of the CA of the ECB in the area just north of the confluence of the Tisza and Maros rivers ( fig. 4) and represent a new way of negotiating relations between individuals and the divine. Perceptions materialised as burials of complete cattle, sometimes as a result of sacrifice (see below), are considered influences from the western part of the Carpathian basin (Bondár 2002, 12, footnote 30). Burials of complete dogs are recorded from ...
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... of negotiating relations between individuals and the divine. Perceptions materialised as burials of complete cattle, sometimes as a result of sacrifice (see below), are considered influences from the western part of the Carpathian basin (Bondár 2002, 12, footnote 30). Burials of complete dogs are recorded from the LN to the LCA in all phases ( fig. 4), though their presence as skulls as well is far more widespread in the Carpathian basin and beyond (Day 1984;Andrałojć 1993, 10-19;Gligor 2011, 54-58). These types of animal burials are encountered in most regions from the latest phase of the N, though during the CA they are only documented in the regions close to the Tisza river ( ...
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... that the LCA examples at [8] Debrecen -Mátai telekhalom are recorded in a burial mound. Albeit fish might be regarded as a food deposition, due to the standards of documenting complete animal burials established previously for the prehistoric ECB ( Daróczi 2015, 17-19), are documented as complete animal burials only in one instance in the MN ( fig. ...
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... 41 contained the fragments of a 7 years old childs' skull along with a large number of sherds, polished-stone pendants, beads of shell and soft stone (necklace) sealed with yellowish clay. Other finds from the cave belong to the graves of the strewn child skeletons, finds and skeletal associations are impossible. Bibliography: Emődi 1984, 406, fig. 4; Popa 2009a, 677-679, no. 11;2009b, 327-328, no. 907;Motzoi-Chicideanu 2011, 113, no. 476a;Daróczi 2015, 149, no. 487 [26] Polgár -Basatanya, megy. Hajdú-Bihar, HU Dating: ECA Micro-location: knoll; Archeco-zone: E1 Grouping: burial ground; Type: plane; Body treatment: inhumation-partial (skull)/ complete animal (dog) Description: The ...
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