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The aurochs, nature worship and exploitation in eastern Gaul

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Annie Grant  and
Eberhard Sauer
Annie Grant
Affiliation:
1University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK (Email: annie.grant@uea.ac.uk)
Eberhard Sauer
Affiliation:
2School of History and Classics, University of Edinburgh, David Hume Tower, George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9JX, UK (Email: eberhard.sauer@ed.ac.uk)
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The unusual assemblage of aurochs horn cores from the baths of Bourbonne-les-Bains suggests votive deposits. But were they? The authors describe the assemblage, date it to the later Roman to early medieval period, discuss its possible environmental and ritual connotations, but also raise the possibility that it relates to craft-workers making use of the hot water supply to work the horn.

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GaulRomanearly medievalvotive deposithorn-workingaurochs
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Antiquity , Volume 80 , Issue 309 , 1 September 2006 , pp. 622 - 637
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2006

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