Tierknochenfunde aus dem Artemision von Ephesos : die Wiederkäuer / vorgelegt von Bernadette Riezler

• VerfasserIn: Riezler, Bernadette
• Place / Publishing House: 1993
• Year of Publication: 1993
• Language: German
• Classification: 15.15 - Archäologie; 42.60 - Zoologie: Allgemeines
• Physical Description: 172 Bl.; Ill., graph. Darst.
• Notes: Abweichender Titel laut Übersetzung der Verfasserin/des Verfassers

eng: During the excavation in the Artemision at Ephesos from 1976 - 1991 25477 animal bones were found. 19268 pieces from the 7th - 4th centuries B.C. were specified within the scope of a project sponsored by FWF. 14966 fragments originate from domestic ruminants, only 98 from wild ruminants. Most domestic animals are female, subadult animals of small build. Sheep and goats are the most important victims followed by pig and cattle. From the point of weight of bones the cattle come first followed by sheep and goat. The bones of the wild animals come mostly from fallow-deer followed by red-deer and roe. Bones with ritual function are unequally spread among the three main excavation areas.<br />Northern cult-basis: Carbonized femora as well as vertebrae sacrales et coccygeae from cattle, sheep and goat as residues the olympic sacrifice; some handicraft worked tali. Hekatompedos: Pieces of cranium of horned goat, sheep, cattle and fallow- deer as remains of the 'bomos kertinos'; a few tali and carbonized bones. Central-basis: A small amount of tali; hornes and carbonized bones without significance; remarkable few bones of ruminants. The unequal distribution of remains among the temple shows the different aspects of worship of Artemis in the mentioned areas.