The aurochs, nature worship and exploitation in eastern Gaul.(Research) From: Antiquity | Date: September 1, 2006| Author: Grant, Annie; Sauer, Eberhard | COPYRIGHT 2006 Antiquity Publications, Ltd. 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

Aurochs horn cores at a thermal spring

The spa at Bourbonne-les-Bains (Haute-Marne, France) has been used since its foundation around 11/7 BC to the present day, and is one of the most intensively visited in northern Gaul and France. Its 66[degrees]C main spring has yielded the largest votive deposit of Roman coins (over 4500 items) of any spring in northern Gaul or Germany; the implications of this find for the history of the area have already been reported (Sauer 1999a...

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