Animal sacrifice, archives, and feasting at the palace of Nestor. From: Hesperia | Date: March 22, 2004| Author: Davis, Jack L.; Stocker, Sharon R. | COPYRIGHT 2004 The American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA). This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

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The contexts of burned faunal assemblages from Blegen's excavations at the Palace of Nestor are examined in this paper. Special attention is given to a deposit of bones found in a corner of room 7 of the Archives Complex. It is argued that these bones, from at least 10 cattle, probably represent the remains of a single episode of burned animal sacrifice and large-scale feasting that occurred shortly before the palace was destroyed. Feasts of this sort are likely...

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