Abstract
The animal remains recovered during the salvage excavations in Cave 900 were interspersed among human skeletal remains, ceramics, weapons and ornaments. It is apparent that the faunal remains represent exclusively domestic sheep (Ovis aries) and goat (Capra hircus) that were slaughtered as part of Bronze Age mortuary rituals. This assemblage provides additional evidence for the widespread nature of the funeral feast in both the Intermediate Bronze Age and Middle Bronze Age IIB.
Keywords
burial, cemetery, butchery marks, ceremony, economy
Recommended Citation
Kolska Horwitz, Liora
(2017)
"The Archaeozoology of Bronze Age Offerings from Burial Cave 900 in Naḥal Refa’im, Jerusalem (pp. 75–100),"
'Atiqot: Vol. 88, Article 8.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.1793
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol88/iss1/8
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