Animal Economy in a Temple City and Its Countryside: Iron Age Jerusalem as a Case Study
The dramatic growth of Jerusalem in the Iron Age IIB-C raises questions regarding subsistence and relations with the city's rural hinterland. Studies of animal economy can shed light on these questions. Here, we present results from the zooarchaeological investigation of two sites: the Western...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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The University of Chicago Press
2016
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Bulletin of ASOR
Year: 2016, Issue: 375, Pages: 103-118 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament HH Archaeology KBL Near East and North Africa |
| Further subjects: | B
ancient Jerusalem
B Animals B COMPLEX societies B Iron Age B MEAT industry B Temple B Economic aspects B RURAL-urban differences B animal economy B Jerusalem Economic conditions |
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| Summary: | The dramatic growth of Jerusalem in the Iron Age IIB-C raises questions regarding subsistence and relations with the city's rural hinterland. Studies of animal economy can shed light on these questions. Here, we present results from the zooarchaeological investigation of two sites: the Western Wall Plaza in Jerusalem and Tel Moza, located a few kilometers to the west of the capital. We also compare our finds to previous results from several locations within Jerusalem. We find that while the Western Wall Plaza's inhabitants focused on meat consumption and did not engage in actual herding, the inhabitants of Tel Moza focused on agriculture and producing caprines' secondary products, probably supplying sheep and cattle to Jerusalem. Within Jerusalem, people living close to the Temple Mount showed a higher economic standing than those in a neighborhood on the southeastern slope of the "City of David" ridge. The higher-status neighborhoods seem to have received meat through a redistribution mechanism from the temple. These results enable us to gain several insights into rural-urban relationships and sociopolitical mechanisms in the Iron Age Levant. |
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| ISSN: | 2161-8062 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American Schools of Oriental Research, Bulletin of ASOR
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5615/bullamerschoorie.375.0103 |