Madonna del Piano (Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, central Italy) ox and dog: a case of intentional Iron Age inhumation

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• 作者：Sandra Cencetti ; Paul Mazza ; Filiberto Chilleri and Fabio Cozzini
• 关键词：Domestic animal inhumation ; Iron Age ; Italy
  Mots clé ; s ; Inhumation d'animaux domestiques ; Â ; ge du Fer ; Italie
• 刊名：Geobios
• 出版年：2006
• 出版时间：May-June 2006
• 年：2006
• 卷：39
• 期：3
• 页码：328-336
• 全文大小：701 K

文摘

Two almost complete and articulated skeletons of a small-sized 15-year-old shorthorn ox and of a 3–4-year-old dog were found associated to Iron Age human burials at Madonna del Piano, in Sesto Fiorentino, near Florence. The two skeletons were ritually buried. The find adds to another case of cattle burial also found in the area, and therefore attests to a penetration and persistence of late Neolithic and Bronze Age northern and eastern European practices in Italy. The specimens provide important evidence on the habits and believes of Iron Age circum-Mediterranean human populations. The ox reveals that castration was accomplished late in the animal’s growth, but also that cattle were used for heavy work, though being worshiped animals.