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Abstract

This paper aims to present some of the most important animal depositions excavated in northern Italy, dating back
to the Roman and medieval period. It was also considered to include the Canton Ticino in the analysis because, in
the Middle Ages, together with the Varese territory and part of the area around Como, in was part of the “Contado
del Seprio”, a geographically and strategically crucial territory for the economic and cultural exchanges between the
Po Valley and the Alpine and Prealpine areas. Given the orientation and the typology of the depositions, they are
certainly to be considered intentional and therefore to be connected, most probably, to the ritual sphere.
Keywords: Cattle’s and other animals’ burials; Lombardy; Veneto, Roman age; medieval age.