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"Great is the power of memory that dwells in places." (from Cicero)

Small clay pot with calcined (burnt) remants of bone, Iron Age 1000 - 100 B.C.

Ritual vessels and remnants of animal bones

Evidence of religious mountain-top animal sacrifice

This small, rounded clay vessel was excavated on Picberg along with a handful of calcined bone remnants from animal sacrifices (cow, sheep). This find was probably in connection with a depositing ritual after a sacrificial ceremony carried out on a mountain top. The discovery site and altitude point towards an Iron Age fire sacrifice site.

Main category:
Archaeology
Subcategory:
Cult objects
Epoch:Iron Age
Area(s):S. Cristina
GPS coordinates:@11.72559,46.58032