Dogs, jaws, and other stories: Two symbolic objects made of dog mandibles from southeastern Europe

Lazăr, Cǎtǎlin; Mărgărit, Monica; Bălășescu, Adrian

doi:10.1080/00934690.2015.1114850

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“…The items from Gumelniţa and Măgura-Jilava lack detailed archaeological context, as they were excavated decades ago and they suffered poor post-excavation management [7][8][9][10][11]. Detailed contextual data are available only for the most recent excavations from the Sultana (the tell settlement from Malu Rosu point) [12]. The pieces included in this study are curated by three museums from Romania (Municipality Bucharest Museum, Lower Danube Museum in Calaraşi, and Gumelniţa Civilization Museum in Olteniţa).…”

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Looking beyond appearances: a multi-analytical approach on the prehistoric clay weights

Manea

Lechintan²,

Popescu

et al. 2019

Herit Sci

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In this paper we analyzed a batch of 64 clay weights from three archaeological sites located in Romania (Gumelniţa, Măgura-Jilava, and Sultana) that belong to Kodjadermen-Gumelniţa-Karanovo VI cultural complex (4600-3900 cal. BC). Our approach includes an interdisciplinary investigation based on technological analysis, experimental archaeology, and X-ray CT scans coupled with statistical analysis. This investigation has a high potential to reveal relevant information regarding the technological background (e.g., inclusion, voids, temper, etc.), manufacturing stages (e.g., modeling, shaping, kneading, etc.), or transformation processes (e.g., drying and firing vs. weight and size modification) in order to identify, explain and understand the chaîne operatoire for this type of artefacts. Moreover, correlation of the results with the experimental archaeology could offer an integrative interpretation about the material culture of past humans and its multiple meanings, but also critical information about the multiple dimensions of manufacture for these objects (e.g., time, effort, physical-chemical processes, etc.). The multi-analytical approach proposed here also includes a comparative study of technological aspects of these clay weights across the three archaeological sites investigated, as well as the experimental replicas.

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“…As opposed to Sultana, the typological spectrum from Gumelniţa site is dominated by two shapes only: pyramidal (12) and ovoid (9) ( Tables 1, 2, Additional file 5: Table S3, Additional file 6: Table S4). For 14 items, the surface treatment was done by smoothing, the other seven specimens having polished surfaces.…”

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Looking beyond appearances: a multi-analytical approach on the prehistoric clay weights

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Lechintan²,

Popescu

et al. 2019

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“…eight and three times higher than those of the dog relying on human leftover food (Table 6). Generally, the average lifespan of a dog is around 10e12 years, but there are cases where dogs have reached the age of 17e22 years, depending on the variety and size (Laz ar et al, 2016;Shaw, 1892). In the present study, we estimated the lifespan of an average dog is 12 years and their annual food consumption would not change over time.…”

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A neglected predictor of environmental damage: The ecological paw print and carbon emissions of food consumption by companion dogs and cats in China

Martens

Enders-Slegers

2018

Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…No parecen responder a simples hallazgos casuales, pues su recuperación parcial o completa acompañada por mandíbulas de canes, formando parte del mismo contexto, tal vez indique que actuaban a modo de reliquia junto a los fragmentos de cerámica campaniforme o que fueron rápidamente enterrados en la base de estas estructuras con fines propiciatorios, afectivos, custodia de la memoria de los ancestros (tabla 2). Dada la estrecha relación afectiva y de guarda con las comunidades humanas, los perros adquieren especial protagonismo, también en la esfera simbólica, aspecto que también se conoce en otros ámbitos europeos, donde forman parte de actos de fundación y de clausura del ciclo vital o de uso e algunas estructuras (Bradley, 2005;Lazăr et al, 2016).…”

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Dentro y fuera de las tumbas campaniformes en Camino de las Yeseras: ¿una segunda vida para los muertos?

Liesau¹,

Ríos²,

Blasco³

et al. 2018

Núm. 3 (2018) Homenaje a La Profesora Isabel Rubio De Miguel

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Mientras que en los contextos funerarios los esqueletos humanos completos o parciales son bien reconocibles, no suele ocurrir lo mismo en aquellos que se encuentran de forma aislada o mezclados con artefactos y otros restos de origen animal. Su identificación, aunque sólo sea de forma fragmentaria, es una línea de estudio que no siempre ha tenido la atención que merece debido a que los análisis arqueofaunísticos suelen emprenderse de forma tardía en relación con los de otros materiales y ello impide, en la mayoría de las ocasiones, que los restos antropológicos fuera de las tumbas sean identificados y estudiados adecuadamente. Sin embargo, precisamente algunos de los hallazgos aislados no reconocidos durante las tareas de campo pueden llegar a aportar una información muy valiosa para aproximarnos al mundo de la compleja simbología del Calcolítico desde una perspectiva en la que el apoyo empírico resulta fundamental. El presente trabajo se basa fundamentalmente en los restos antropológicos recuperados en las campañas de excavación realizadas en el yacimiento de Camino de las Yeseras desde el año 2003, la representatividad esquelética humana dentro y fuera de las tumbas campaniformes, en la que se percibe una extracción y traslado de restos seleccionados que a su vez vuelven a incorporarse a otras estructuras no funerarias, como las cabañas, hoyos y fosos. En muchos casos, se confirma una interesante asociación de mandíbulas con otros restos de perro.

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Dogs, jaws, and other stories: Two symbolic objects made of dog mandibles from southeastern Europe

Cited by 13 publications

References 34 publications

Looking beyond appearances: a multi-analytical approach on the prehistoric clay weights

Looking beyond appearances: a multi-analytical approach on the prehistoric clay weights

A neglected predictor of environmental damage: The ecological paw print and carbon emissions of food consumption by companion dogs and cats in China

Dentro y fuera de las tumbas campaniformes en Camino de las Yeseras: ¿una segunda vida para los muertos?

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