JOURNAL ARTICLE

Animals as Offerings: Faunal Remains from the Carthage tophet.

  • Published In: Journal of Ancient History, 2023, v. 11, n. 2. P. 210 1 of 3

  • Database: Humanities Source Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Fulton, Deirdre N.; Hesse, Paula; Burns, Peter 3 of 3

Abstract

The non-human animal remains excavated in the Carthage tophet represent a substantial sample of animal bones from a single site. The urns contain partial or whole sheep or goat (ovicaprids) carcasses in abundant numbers, revealing a consistent offering of ovicaprids, some birds, and in a very few cases, fish. Overwhelmingly, the animals are whole-burnt offerings, sacrificed as an offering to the deity or deities. The consistency of the age of the cremated ovicaprids that were interred in the urns allows for a profile of relating animal remains to ritual behavior that took place at the Carthage tophet. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Journal of Ancient History. 2023/12, Vol. 11, Issue 2, p210
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Literature and Writing
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:23248106
  • DOI:10.1515/jah-2023-0014
  • Accession Number:173961194
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