The socioeconomic status of Iron Age metalworkers
Animal economy in the 'Slaves' Hill', Timna, Israel
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3229329 |
|---|---|
| Authors | L Sapir‐hen (0000-0002-6184-4560, Tel Aviv University), Lidar Sapir-Hen, Erez Ben-Yosef (0000-0002-9483-3809, Tel Aviv University) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 88 |
| Issue | 341 |
| Pages | 775-790 |
| Publication date | 2014-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003598x00050687 |
| OpenAlex | W2186752655 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 29 |
The popular image of metalworking sites in desert settings envisages armies of slaves engaged in back-breaking labour. This is in conflict with ethnographic evidence indicating that skilled specialist metalworkers are often accorded high social status. This study approaches that contradiction directly by studying the remains of domesticated food animals from domestic and industrial contexts at Timna in southern Israel. The authors demonstrate that the higher-value meat cuts come from industrial contexts, where they were associated with the specialist metalworkers, rather than the 'domestic' contexts occupied by lower status workers engaged in support roles. It is suggested that the pattern documented here could also have been a feature of early metalworking sites in other times and places
Archaeology · Contradiction · Domestication · Economic growth · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Ethnography · Ethnology · Geography · Population · Socioeconomic status · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Value (mathematics) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Demography · Ecology · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History
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| Unique citing works | 20 |
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| Citations per year | 1,54 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2026 (14) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |