DOG BURIALS IN ANCIENT IRAN.
Archaeological evidence indicates that dogs were the first animals domesticated by humans, and the practice of butying them is considered a universal phenomenon, as abundant samples have been discovered from different sites of the Old and New Worlds. Dog butials occur both individually and accompani...
| Published in: | Iranica Antiqua Vol. 55; pp. 49 - 73 |
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2020
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=150137782&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 150137782 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00210870 ED4 jtl: Iranica Antiqua issn: 00210870 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2020 vid: 55 pid: 20742 pub: Peeters Publishers artinfo: ui: 150137782 10.2143/IA.55.0.3289191 ppf: 49 ppct: 24 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 12.9MB tig: atl: DOG BURIALS IN ANCIENT IRAN. aug: au: NIKZAD, Meisam REZAIE, Iraj KHALILI, Mehdi affil: Department of Archaeology, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran Iran Department of Archaeology, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran M.A. in Archaeology, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran su: Shamanism Archaeological excavations Archaeology Interment Grave digging sug: subj: Shamanism Archaeological excavations Archaeology Interment Grave digging keyword: Ancient Iran Dog Burial Ritual Beliefs ab: Archaeological evidence indicates that dogs were the first animals domesticated by humans, and the practice of butying them is considered a universal phenomenon, as abundant samples have been discovered from different sites of the Old and New Worlds. Dog butials occur both individually and accompanied by human skeletons, a sign of mutual social adaptation between dogs and humans. In Iran, dog burials have been reported at the sites of Shahr-i Sokhteh, Gohar Tappeh, Qaleh Kash of Qaemshahr, Tape Rivi, Khoramabad cemetery of Meshgin Shahr, and Narges Tape (Golestan Province). The present article outlines these burials and considers their social and ritual contexts, concluding that some seem to be ritualistic and others can be explained by the social affinity between humans and dogs. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Iranica Antiqua is the property of Peeters Publishers and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Iranica Antiqua holder: Peeters Publishers dt: @attributes: year: 2020 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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