People, dogs and wild game: evidence of human-animal relations from Middle Neolithic burials and personal ornaments in northern Italy
In order to review evidence of human-animal relations, the paper offers an overview of the customs and funerary traditions of the Square Mouthed Pottery culture, between c. 5000 and 4300 calBC. We focus on the importance of domestic and wild animals on the basis of an analysis of grave-goods, funera...
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| description | In order to review evidence of human-animal relations, the paper offers an overview of the customs and funerary traditions of the Square Mouthed Pottery culture, between c. 5000 and 4300 calBC. We focus on the importance of domestic and wild animals on the basis of an analysis of grave-goods, funerary rites and personal ornaments. We also consider recent discoveries of peculiar offerings of animals and some dog burials. The evidence testifies to a diffusion of a wild component, symbolically emphasising the importance of the hunter identity in a society where subsistence actually depends primarily on domestic animals. Therefore, a contrast is drawn between the everyday and the symbolic worlds. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a18b984fba6d4b179ae608e02cda840f2023-01-18T09:21:11ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Documenta Praehistorica1408-967X1854-24922010-12-013710.4312/dp.37.11People, dogs and wild game: evidence of human-animal relations from Middle Neolithic burials and personal ornaments in northern ItalyMaria Bernabò Brea0Paola Mazzieri1Roberto Micheli2Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici dell’Emilia Romagna, Museo Archeologico Nazionale di ParmaScuola di Dottorato in Scienze dell’Antichità – Dottorato in Archeologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Archeologiche, Università degli Studi di PisaSoprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici del Friuli Venezia Giulia, TriesteIn order to review evidence of human-animal relations, the paper offers an overview of the customs and funerary traditions of the Square Mouthed Pottery culture, between c. 5000 and 4300 calBC. We focus on the importance of domestic and wild animals on the basis of an analysis of grave-goods, funerary rites and personal ornaments. We also consider recent discoveries of peculiar offerings of animals and some dog burials. The evidence testifies to a diffusion of a wild component, symbolically emphasising the importance of the hunter identity in a society where subsistence actually depends primarily on domestic animals. Therefore, a contrast is drawn between the everyday and the symbolic worlds.https://journals.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/1969burialspersonal ornamentsdomesticated and wild animalsSquare Mouthed Pottery cultureMiddle Neolithic |
| spellingShingle | Maria Bernabò Brea Paola Mazzieri Roberto Micheli People, dogs and wild game: evidence of human-animal relations from Middle Neolithic burials and personal ornaments in northern Italy Documenta Praehistorica burials personal ornaments domesticated and wild animals Square Mouthed Pottery culture Middle Neolithic |
| title | People, dogs and wild game: evidence of human-animal relations from Middle Neolithic burials and personal ornaments in northern Italy |
| title_full | People, dogs and wild game: evidence of human-animal relations from Middle Neolithic burials and personal ornaments in northern Italy |
| title_fullStr | People, dogs and wild game: evidence of human-animal relations from Middle Neolithic burials and personal ornaments in northern Italy |
| title_full_unstemmed | People, dogs and wild game: evidence of human-animal relations from Middle Neolithic burials and personal ornaments in northern Italy |
| title_short | People, dogs and wild game: evidence of human-animal relations from Middle Neolithic burials and personal ornaments in northern Italy |
| title_sort | people dogs and wild game evidence of human animal relations from middle neolithic burials and personal ornaments in northern italy |
| topic | burials personal ornaments domesticated and wild animals Square Mouthed Pottery culture Middle Neolithic |
| url | https://journals.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/1969 |
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