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A feast for the afterlife: animal role in Early Iron Age female burials in southern Carpathian Basin

At the end of the Late Bronze Age and the beginning of the Early Iron age, two cemeteries from eastern Croatia were formed – Sotin and Batina. Animal remains from six female graves (three from each cemetery) were selected for zooarchaeological analysis. Animal presence in graves indicates their inclusion in funerary rites. By sharing coexistence with humans, animals often shared an afterlife as well. Along the way, they ended up as a part of the sacrifice or as a companion to the deceased. Archaeozoological analysis from the sites of Sotin and Batina revealed mostly unburned and domestic animals (cattle, pig, sheep/goat), with exception of one roe deer astragalus. Analyses of the faunal remains from female graves are not very common, and this study presents new data with many questions and few answers on this topic.

animal remains ; mortuary practices ; Late Bronze Age ; Iron Age, eastern Croatia ; southern Carpathian Basin

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