Isotopic evidence for early trade in animals between Old Kingdom Egypt and Canaan

Elizabeth R. Arnold; Gideon Hartman; Haskel J. Greenfield; Itzhaq Shai; Lindsay E. Babcock; Aren M. Maeir

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Isotopic evidence for early trade in animals between Old Kingdom Egypt and Canaan

Elizabeth R. Arnold, Gideon Hartman, Haskel J. Greenfield, Itzhaq Shai, Lindsay E. Babcock, Aren M. Maeir

Bar-Ilan University, Ariel University

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Isotope data from a sacrificial ass and several ovicaprines (sheep/goat) from Early Bronze Age household deposits at Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel provide direct evidence for the movement of domestic draught/draft and husbandry animals between Old Kingdom Egypt (during the time of the Pyramids) and Early Bronze Age III Canaan (ca. 2900-2500 BCE). Vacillating, bi-directional connections between Egypt and Canaan are known throughout the Early Bronze Age, but here we provide the first concrete evidence of early trade in animals from Egypt to Canaan.

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Journal	PLoS ONE
Volume	11
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