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‘Atiqot 86 (2016)
ISBN 2948-040X
Animal Bones from ‘En Marzev
(pp. 23–25)
Shlomo Hellwing and Nurit Feig
Keywords: Early Islamic period, archaeozoology, fauna, economy, diet
The bones retrieved from the Early Islamic building at ‘En Marzev were in a good state of preservation. The most abundant animal in the sample is the gazelle, followed by the horse, with a remarkably smaller amount of domesticated animals, such as sheep, goat and cattle. It seems that gazelles formed a main dietary component at this settlement, indicating that hunting played an important role there.