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This article explores the intriguing discovery of a complete juvenile cow burial at Boscombe Down, Amesbury. The articulated remains suggest a deliberate and ritualistic burial, hinting at a significant cultural practice among prehistoric communities. The act of burying an entire cow, without prior defleshing, indicates its value and potentially points to animal offerings to deities. Although the burial lacks datable artifacts, its prehistoric significance and implications for understanding ancient ritual practices are profound.
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Ritualisation(or The Four Fully Articulated Ungulates of the Apocalypse) Lee G. Broderick
Source: Wessex Archaeology, 2006. Prehistoric Cow Burial, Boscombe Down, Amesbury. [Online]. Available at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wessexarchaeology/82533483/ [accessed 31 August 2009] “This shallow pit contained the remains of a complete juvenile cow. The fact that the bones all form part of an articulated skeleton suggests that that this was a deliberate and formal burial. This in turn suggests ritual practice, since animals would have been a valuable resource: to bury a complete cow without defleshing it first, suggests perhaps that it was buried as an offering to the Gods. Although no datable finds came from the pit, it is probably of prehistoric date.”
Acknowledgements • YonasTedesse • Amaha
