Sacrifices et repas publics dans le sanctuaire de Poséidon à Ténos : les analyses archéozoologiques
Year: 1999
Type: article
Abstract: From groups of bones discovered in the sanctuary of Poseidon and Amphitrite at Tinos, there is evidence of certain aspects of bloody rituals in this great Cycladic religious centre. The bones studied came from levels corresponding to the period of greatest fréquentation of the cult place, between the 3rd and 2nd century B.C. The results of archaeozoological analysis help to reconstruct with greater accuracy the procedures of the sacrifices and rituals known from texts. In addition to details about the rituals performed, the study of the bones offers general information on the choice of species and more specialised information on the age of slaughter, the size of the animals sacrificed, the method of slaughter, the methods of dressing the carcasses, the selection and cutting up of the haunches as well as the parts eaten or consecrated to the two principal Tinos divinities.
Author: Martine Leguilloux
Language: English
Subfield: Paleontology
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2063202102