Hoards, votives, offerings: The archaeology of the dedicated object

World Archaeology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-10

  Osborne, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dedication; Deposit; Gift; Ritual; Votive

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; GOODS EXCHANGE; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 2442644933     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0043824042000192696     Document Type: Article

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