The importance of the donkey as a pack animal in the early bronze age southern levant: A view from tell es-saft/gath

Itzhaq Shai; Haskel J. Greenfield; Annie Brown; Shira Albaz; Aren M. Maeir

The importance of the donkey as a pack animal in the early bronze age southern levant: A view from tell es-saft/gath

Itzhaq Shai, Haskel J. Greenfield, Annie Brown, Shira Albaz, Aren M. Maeir

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In this paper, we review the evidence for the use of the domestic donkey as a mode of transportation in the Early Bronze Age. The study will present the domestic donkey remains (artefactual and zoological) and their archaeological context from the Early Bronze Age III domestic neighborhood at Tell es-Saft/ Gath. The remains indicate the significant role that donkeys played in the daily life of the inhabitants. This reflects on our understanding of their role in the trade networks and mode of transportation that existed within the emerging urban cultures in the southern Levant during the 3rd mill, b.c.e.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-25
Number of pages	25
Journal	Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palastina-Vereins
Volume	132
Issue number	1
State	Published - 2016

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Cultural Studies
Archaeology
History
Religious studies
Archaeology

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Animal remains (Archaeology) -- Eretz Israel
Bronze age -- Eretz Israel
Donkeys -- History
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Israel -- Shephelah
Pack animals (Transportation) -- Eretz Israel
Safi, Tell es- (Israel) -- Antiquities

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The importance of the donkey as a pack animal in the early bronze age southern levant: A view from tell es-saft/gath

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