Sedentism in the Early Bronze IV: A Faunal Perspective
Faunal assemblages from the Refaim Valley, Israel, dating to the Early Bronze IV (also termed Middle Bronze I/Intermediate Bronze Age) were analyzed. The complex at which remains were found comprised two houses and a cemetery. Its economy was based primarily on caprovine husbandry, but other domesti...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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The University of Chicago Press
1989
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Bulletin of ASOR
Year: 1989, Volume: 275, Pages: 15-25 |
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| Summary: | Faunal assemblages from the Refaim Valley, Israel, dating to the Early Bronze IV (also termed Middle Bronze I/Intermediate Bronze Age) were analyzed. The complex at which remains were found comprised two houses and a cemetery. Its economy was based primarily on caprovine husbandry, but other domestic stock was also kept. It is possible that some level of secondary product utilization, beyond meat exploitation, also occurred. The faunal analysis supports the excavators' contention that the site represents a permanent settlement (Edelstein and Eisenberg 1984; 1985). Differences between animals kept at this site and those kept at a contemporaneous site in the Negev are indicative of differences in subsistence strategies between populations exploiting the northern regions and those exploiting the southern, more arid, environmental zones. |
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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: 10.2307/1356875 |