A Pack of Hounds and its Master? A Bi-Species Burial from the Necropolis of Deir El-Banat (Fayum)

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ID12480398
AutoresGalina Belova (0000-0002-0642-8820, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, autor correspondente), G A Belova, B F Khasanov (0000-0001-6535-9741, National Research University Higher School of Economics), O A Krylovich, О А Крылович (0000-0002-3425-0230, Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution), Ikram (0000-0001-6640-7055, American University in Cairo), S Ikram, Dmitry D Vasyukov (0000-0002-9142-2481, Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution), Arkady B Savinetsky (0000-0001-5231-6005, Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution)
Ano2024
Volume33
Fascículo1
Páginas81-100
Data de publicação2024-01-11
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoArchaeofauna (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1132-6891
EditoraServicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.15366/archaeofauna2024.33.1.005
OpenAlexW4390750416
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas43

Dog burials are known from Egypt from the Predynastic period from c. 3500 BC onward and continue into the Roman era. Different burials have been interpreted in a variety of ways: companion/pet/working animals, associated with divinities, and as guardians. This paper presents a unique interment of a single human and a group of dogs found in the cemetery of Deir el-Banat in the Fayum (Egypt), which can be interpreted as either a religio-magical protective deposit for the cemetery, or a religio-medical one, involving the sacrifice of several animals

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Geography · Period (music · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · History