摘要：During the 2004 excavation campaign at Ferento (Viterbo), in Sector 1, the skeletal remains of a dog, still partially articulated, were recovered in a pit covered with a block of peperino tuff, located in a commercial area, close to crossroads. Contextual evidences indicate a Late Antique date for the burial. The individual presented several pathologies on the bones. The analysis of bone surface modifications allowed to detect on a rib and on a thoracic vertebra traces that are likely referable to the killing on the animal and that, together with the location of the burial, may suggest a sacrificial ritual.
