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https://doi.org/10.15366/archaeofauna2024.33.1.005
Document Type
Research Article
Publication Title
Archaeofauna
Publication Date
1-1-2024
doi
10.15366/archaeofauna2024.33.1.005
Abstract
Dog burials are known from Egypt from the Predynastic period from c. 3500 BC onward and continue into the Roman era. Different burials have been interpreted in a variety of ways: companion/pet/working animals, associated with divinities, and as guardians. This paper presents a unique interment of a single human and a group of dogs found in the cemetery of Deir el-Banat in the Fayum (Egypt), which can be interpreted as either a religio-magical protective deposit for the cemetery, or a religio-medical one, involving the sacrifice of several animals.
First Page
81
Last Page
100
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APA Citation
Belova, G.
Khasanov, B.
Krylovich, O.
Ikram, S.
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(2024). A Pack of Hounds and its Master? A Bi-Species Burial from the Necropolis of Deir El-Banat (Fayum). Archaeofauna, 33(1), 81–100.
10.15366/archaeofauna2024.33.1.005
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/faculty_journal_articles/6358
MLA Citation
Belova, G. A., et al.
"A Pack of Hounds and its Master? A Bi-Species Burial from the Necropolis of Deir El-Banat (Fayum)." Archaeofauna, vol. 33,no. 1, 2024, pp. 81–100.
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/faculty_journal_articles/6358