Slaying oxen and Killing Sheep, Eating Flesh and Drinking Wine

Communal feasts, events of ritual activity that involve shared food and drink consumption and display in religious and secular elite contexts, received considerable attention in anthropological and archaeological literature in recent years. In those studies, the focus was on the identification of feasting in the material record of ancient societies, and an attempt was made to decipher the complex social and political meanings inherent in such contexts. In this study, the aim is to identify and interpret traces of feasting activities in the context of Canaanite society of the 14th–13th century BCE. The site of Hazor, the largest Canaanite kingdom, serves as a case study for this discussion. Archaeological correlates of commensal feasts, uncovered in the extensive excavations of the site, are presented and discussed within the general picture of the Canaanite palatial system

Ancient history · Archaeological record · Archaeology · Art · Biology · Bronze Age · Consumption (sociology · Context (archaeology · Elite · Excavation · Flesh · Geography · Iron Age · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Wine · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Ancient Near East History · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · History

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