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‘Atiqot 59 (2008)
ISBN 2948-040X
Human Skeletal Remains from the Burial Cave at ‘Ar‘ara
(Hebrew, pp. 51*–60*; English summary, p. 201)
Yossi Nagar and Vered Eshed
Keywords: anthropology, pathology, tumor, trauma
The bones, which were found scattered above an alluvium fill in the cave, were well preserved. They represent at least forty individuals, the majority of which were adult males. Many of the bones manifested an inflammatory disease, which would account for the burial manner and the absence of children under the age of ten.