DIERENBOTTEN UIT ARGOS OP HET VOORMALIGE BAI IN GRONINGEN

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Twenty animal bones from 'a sacrificial pit in the temple of Athena' at Larissa in Argos, Greece, were kept for almost 70 years at the former Biologisch-Archaeologisch Instituut. The bones were presumably found together with Late Geometric pottery (c. 750-700 BC). The bones, identified as sheep/goat, cattle, (domestic) goose and chicken, are the remains of sacrifices at an 8th-century BC, open-air Athena sanctuary. The birds may relate to the avian figures on the Late Geometric pottery at the site.