1st Edition
Animal Husbandry in Ancient Israel A Zooarchaeological Perspective on Livestock Exploitation, Herd Management and Economic Strategies
By Aharon Sasson
Copyright 2008
168 Pages
by
Routledge
168 Pages
by
Routledge
151 Pages
by
Routledge
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Animals have been used to human advantage for thousands of years. 'Animal Husbandry in Ancient Israel' presents an analysis of caprines and cattle husbandry in the Southern Levantine Bronze and Iron Age. The book employs key methodological approaches - comparative analysis, taphonomy, Geographic Information System spatial analysis, and ethnographic studies - to challenge prevalent views on the... Read more
1. Introduction|2. A Comparative Perspective: The Survival Subsistence Strategy - Animal Husbandry and Economic Strategies in the Bronze and Iron Age|3. The Faunal Remains from Tel Beer-Sheba, Stratum II|4. A Spatial Perspective: Controlling Space and the Zooarchaeological Record - a GIS Spatial Analysis of Faunal Remains in Stratum II, Tel Beer-Sheba|5. A Sagittal Perspective: Taphonomic Study of Tel Sites - A Case Study from Tel Beer-Sheba|6. An Ethnographic Perspective: Animal Husbandry and Human Diet - Ethnographic Study of Premodern Villages in Mandatory Palestine|7. Conclusions
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Aharon Sasson
