Burnt animal sacrifice at the Mycenaean 'Palace of Nestor', Pylos

2025-01-04 Classification：Religion Click()
Author：Isaakidou, V; Halstead, P; Davis, J; Stocker, S

Article Title：Burnt animal sacrifice at the Mycenaean 'Palace of Nestor', Pylos

Abstract：
The burnt sacrifice of bare (defleshed) bones, described in Homer's Odyssey and well documented from Archaic and Classical Greece, is now clearly attested by burnt faunal remains from the 'Palace of Nestor' at Mycenaean Pylos. This evidence is of great importance for understanding both the historical role of sacrifice in Greek religion and the significance of feasting in Mycenaean palatial society.

Keywords: sacrifice; animal; Mycenaean; Greece; archaeozoology

DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00089833

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