The Chalcolithic period in the Southern Levant witnessed increasing social differentiation and economic specialization. Some of the most important sources of economic specialization were animal products, particularly the secondary products of sheep, goats, and cattle. Also important, though neglected in the literature, were pigs. In this paper, we employ faunal data from the recently excavated site of Marj Rabba in the Lower Galilee. In particular, we investigate kill-off patterns, metrical data, and artifactual data. In order to distinguish between sheep and goats, we applied collagen fingerprinting (ZooMS) techniques to caprine teeth. We compare these data to other Chalcolithic sites in the Southern Levant in order to explore the regional...
Abstract: The southern Levantine Late PPNB (LPPNB) represents a critical era in the long transition ...
This paper draws together the results of studies of mammalian remains from a series of 10 Neolithic ...
This thesis examines the development of goat and sheep herding in the Levant during the Neolithic pe...
Abstract: The Chalcolithic period in the Southern Levant witnessed increasing social differentiation...
This research aims to identify the early emergence of social complexity during the Chalcolithic peri...
Altogether 1925 animal bones, teeth, and mollusc shells were recovered during the first excavation s...
Husbandry of domesticated caprines emerged as a central component of southern Levantine subsistence ...
The Early Bronze Age (EBA) in the Southern Levant saw the emergence of socioeconomic inequality, for...
Herded animals were introduced to the steppic region of Eastern Jordan, where they are found at Wadi...
This study re-evaluates current models of Halaf and northern Ubaid subsistence strategies in light o...
The archaeological sites of Akarçay Tepe (Urfa, Turkey) (7580-6080 cal. BC) and Tell Halula (Aleppo,...
Our compilation of zooarchaeological data from a series of important archaeological sites spanning t...
Located in today’s southern Israel, Tell el Hesi provides archaeologists with important clues to pol...
Morphometrical as well as circumstantial evidence indicate that the domestication of sheep and proba...
It is widely agreed that a pivotal shift from wild animal hunting to herd animal management, at leas...
Abstract: The southern Levantine Late PPNB (LPPNB) represents a critical era in the long transition ...
This paper draws together the results of studies of mammalian remains from a series of 10 Neolithic ...
This thesis examines the development of goat and sheep herding in the Levant during the Neolithic pe...
Abstract: The Chalcolithic period in the Southern Levant witnessed increasing social differentiation...
This research aims to identify the early emergence of social complexity during the Chalcolithic peri...
Altogether 1925 animal bones, teeth, and mollusc shells were recovered during the first excavation s...
Husbandry of domesticated caprines emerged as a central component of southern Levantine subsistence ...
The Early Bronze Age (EBA) in the Southern Levant saw the emergence of socioeconomic inequality, for...
Herded animals were introduced to the steppic region of Eastern Jordan, where they are found at Wadi...
This study re-evaluates current models of Halaf and northern Ubaid subsistence strategies in light o...
The archaeological sites of Akarçay Tepe (Urfa, Turkey) (7580-6080 cal. BC) and Tell Halula (Aleppo,...
Our compilation of zooarchaeological data from a series of important archaeological sites spanning t...
Located in today’s southern Israel, Tell el Hesi provides archaeologists with important clues to pol...
Morphometrical as well as circumstantial evidence indicate that the domestication of sheep and proba...
It is widely agreed that a pivotal shift from wild animal hunting to herd animal management, at leas...
Abstract: The southern Levantine Late PPNB (LPPNB) represents a critical era in the long transition ...
This paper draws together the results of studies of mammalian remains from a series of 10 Neolithic ...
This thesis examines the development of goat and sheep herding in the Levant during the Neolithic pe...