Abstract
Animal bones recovered from excavations at Shihab ad-Din, Nazareth, provide an important source of knowledge about diet and subsistence practices in the past. The faunal remains presented in this report were retrieved from Crusader/Mamluk and Ottoman strata, and indicate bone-tool manufacturing at the site. The present study demonstrates that comprehensive analysis of such faunal assemblages can provide primary data on the diversity of the animals exploited, as well as on butchering and consumption patterns. Such studies can provide important information that eventually will enable us to evaluate issues of broader social importance.
Keywords
Mamluk period, Crusader period, Ottoman period, economy, bone workshop, fauna, archaeozoology
Recommended Citation
Raban-Gerstel, Noa; Bar-Oz, Guy; and Tepper, Yotam
(2011)
"The Bone and Horn Industry in Late Ottoman Nazareth: The Evidence from Shihab ad-Din (pp. 61*–80*),"
'Atiqot: Vol. 67, Article 12.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.1435
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol67/iss1/12
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