Gunnel Ekroth

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Gunnel Ekroth (* 1963 ) is a Swedish archaeologist and historian. She completed her studies with a dissertation on the sacrificial rituals of Greek hero cults in the archaic to early Hellenistic times at Stockholm University . She is a professor in the Department of Archeology and Ancient History at Uppsala University and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Literature, History and Antiquities.

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  • The Sacrificial Rituals of Greek Hero-Cults in the Archaic to the Early Hellenistic Period (= Kernos . Supplement volume 12). Center International d'Étude de la Religion Grecque Antique, Liège 2002. ISBN 2-87456-003-0 , ISBN 2-8218-2900-0 ( openedition.org ).
  • The importance of sacrifice: new approaches to old methods . In: Kernos. Revue international et pluridisciplinaire de religion grecque antique. Volume 20, Liège 2007, pp. 387-399. ( openedition.org ).
  • A view from the Greek side: Interpretations of animal bones as evidence for sacrifice and ritual consumption . In: Journal of ancient Judaism, Göttingen 2016.
  • Don't throw any bones in the Sanctuary! on the handling of sacred waste in ancient Greek cult places . In: Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome. Supplementary volumes. Volume 13, Ritual Matters: Material Remains and Ancient Religion. Michigan 2017, pp. 33-55.
  • Holocaustic sacrifices in ancient Greek religion and the ritual relations to the Levant: North-Eastern Mediterranean at the turn of the Bronze Age and in the early Iron Age . In: Lukasz Niesiolowski-Spanò, Marek Węcowski (Eds.): Change, continuity, and connectivity: North-Eastern Mediterranean at the turn of the Bronze Age and in the early Iron Age. Wiesbaden 2018. ISBN 978-3-447-10969-7 . Pp. 308-326.
  • Why Does Zeus Care about Burnt Thighbones from Sheep? Defining the Divine and Structuring the World through Animal Sacrifice in Ancient Greece . In: History of Religions. Volume 58 (3). Chicago 2019. pp. 225-250.

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SURNAME Ekroth, Gunnel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish archaeologist and historian
DATE OF BIRTH 1963