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‘Atiqot 86 (2016)
ISBN 2948-040X
Archaeozoological Finds from the Abbasid Period, from Danny Mass Street, Ramla
(Hebrew, pp. 129*–131*; English, p. 121)
Moshe Sade
Keywords: Early Islamic period, archaezoology, consumption, economy, religion
The excavation on Danny Mass Street, Ramla yielded faunal remains dating to the Early Islamic period, comprising domesticated, as well as wild animal bones. Pig bones found in the assemblage probably attest to the existence of a Christian population in the city.