ABSTRACT
Starting from specific examples of ritual deposits in the late Iron Age and early Roman period in northern Gaul, this contribution investigates the archaeological and contextual evidence for ritual deposition, and how ritual and the religious can be recognised in the archaeological record, in order to analyse how practices evolved over time and place, and their broader social context. Particular emphasis is placed on ‘ritual killing’ and how the evolution of coinage from special- to general-purpose money incited and facilitated the development of depositional practices.
