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

Antiquity

Volumn 76, Issue 291, 2002, Pages 86-92

  Isaakidou, Valasia ^a   Halstead, Paul ^b   Davis, Jack ^c   Stocker, Sharon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal; Archaeozoology; Greece; Mycenaean; Sacrifice

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CULTURAL HISTORY; RELIGION;

GREECE;

EID: 0036128875     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00089833     Document Type: Article

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