{"id":121531,"date":"2023-11-27T08:19:52","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T08:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/?p=121531"},"modified":"2023-11-27T08:19:52","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T08:19:52","slug":"discovery-of-7000-bones-uncovers-the-dark-history-of-europes-animal-sacrifices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/world-news\/discovery-of-7000-bones-uncovers-the-dark-history-of-europes-animal-sacrifices\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovery of 7,000 bones uncovers the dark history of Europes animal sacrifices"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thousands of bones from pigs, cattle, horses and even a dog have been found by archeologists who have unearthed a huge sacrificial burial pit from Europe’s ancient past.<\/p>\n

The Iron Age site, dating back around 2,500 years, contains 52 slaughtered animals identified by scientists from thousands of bones at Casas del Turu\u00f1uelo, north of Seville, in Spain.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Detailed analysis of more than 6,700 bones at the site, located in the region of Las Vegas Altas del Guadiana, by Spanish and French scientists reveals rituals of mass animal sacrifice and feasting.<\/p>\n

Study co-author Maria Pilar Iborra Eres said: “The Iron Age site of Casas del Turu\u00f1uelo was used repeatedly for ritualised animal sacrifice.<\/p>\n

“Archaeological sites with evidence of major animal sacrifices are rarely known from the Iron Age of the Mediterranean region, and there is a gap between information offered by written sources and by the archaeological record.<\/p>\n

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“This makes it difficult to establish a clear understanding of the patterns and protocols of this practice.”<\/p>\n

For the new study, published in the journal PLoS One, the research team examined a well-preserved example of mass animal sacrifice from an Iron Age building known as Casas del Turu\u00f1uelo, dating toward the end of the 5th Century BC.<\/p>\n

The team examined and dated 6,770 bones belonging to 52 sacrificed animals which were buried in three sequential phases.<\/p>\n

Ms Iborra Eres said: “The identified animals were predominantly adult horses, with smaller numbers of cattle and pigs and one dog.<\/p>\n

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