Ricerc@Sapienza

Thanks to the increasing multidisciplinary approach to the analysis of votive contexts, a meaningful amount
of information about both archaeological finds and associated faunal remains is now available, giving way to
new interpretations about cults and sacrificial practices. This paper deals with the filling of different categories
of “cavities” included in Etruscan sacred areas: the deep ones providing a connection with the underworld
(mainly holding a primary hydraulic function); the wide ditches and the artificially delimited hollow