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The Ogresgala Čabas Cemetery and Horse Sacrifice
Volume 11 (2009): The Horse and Man in European Antiquity (Worldview, Burial Rites, and Military and Everyday Life), pp. 283–294
Rūdolfs Brūzis   Roberts Spirģis  

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Pub. online: 30 August 2009      Type: Article      Open accessOpen Access

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22 February 2009
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12 June 2009
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30 August 2009

Abstract

Briefly presented in this paper are the results of the 2007 and 2008 excavations at the complex of ancient sites at Ogresgala Čabas. Particularly significant discoveries were made in the Liv cemetery site, which presented a surprising diversity of grave practices, among which particularly significant are the stone circles surrounding the graves, the offerings of artefacts, the sacrifice of a horse and possible sacrifice of a woman. Considering the horse graves at Ogresgala Čabas, in the cemetery adjacent to Daugmale Hillfort and the offerings of horse body parts at cemeteries in the Lower Daugava area, it seems that the horse played a greater role in Liv mythological belief and ritual than has been assumed hitherto.

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Livs cemetery grave inventory sacrifice horse grave rituals

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