Bloody Slaughter
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This article attempts an interpretation of an unusual assemblage of cattle skulls recovered
from recent excavations at the Viking Age monumental hall of Hofstaðir in Iceland. Osteological
analysis of the skulls indicates ritual decapitation and display of cattle heads, and this article seeks
to explore the meanings of this practice in relation to the context of the site and the wider historical
and ethnographic literature. It is argued that the beheading of cattle and display of their heads was
a part of sacrificial acts conducted on a seasonal basis at the site, and primarily in the context of
feasting and socio-political gatherings. The gatherings acted simultaneously as a means of both
dissipating social tension and enhancing political status
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2014-03-08
