Always a Hunter
The Role of Wild Animals during the Late Bronze and Iron Ages of the Southern Levant
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4587564 |
|---|---|
| Authors | L Sapir‐hen (0000-0002-6184-4560, corresponding author), Lidar Sapir-Hen |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 288-295 |
| Publication date | 2022-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Near Eastern Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1094-2076 • E-ISSN: 1557-5594 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/721843 |
| OpenAlex | W4311183646 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 29 |
By the Late Bronze and Iron Ages in the southern Levant, livestock animals were the dominant meat source, and wild animals constituted a very small supplementary proportion of economy. As a result, wild animals often receive limited attention in studies of these periods. This article aims to examine the role of wild animals based on a large body of published zooarchaeological data. By studying temporal changes in species presence and frequencies, the study tracks the local diminution in several wild species; reveals a clear preference for hunting deer in sites of the Iron Ages, regardless of changes in local landscape; and shows that various other wild animals can be correlated to assemblages that are identified with Egyptian presence. Based on these observations and with correlation to historic events and cultural changes, wild animals’ roles in the economic and symbolic world of past societies are discussed
Archaeology · Biology · Bronze · Bronze Age · Geography · Iron Age · Livestock · Southern Levant · Zooarchaeology · Zoology · Ancient Near East History · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Ecology · Forestry
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 1,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |