Ritualisation (or The Four Fully Articulated Ungulates of the Apocalypse)

1. Ritualisation(or The Four Fully Articulated Ungulates of the Apocalypse) Lee G. Broderick

2. 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.”

3. Source: Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection

4. Source: USAID/Ethiopia Map Room

5. Source: Map Library

10. Acknowledgements • YonasTedesse • Amaha