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‘Atiqot 103 (2021)
ISBN 2948-040X
Molluscs from the Early Bronze Age I Site at Ashqelon, Afridar (Area E-2)
(pp. 107–110)
Inbar Ktalav
Keywords: southern coastal plain, trade, tallies, counters, ornaments
A total of 49 malacological remains were recovered from Ashqelon, Afridar, comprising mainly local Mediterranean seashells, as well as
Chambardia rubens
from the Nile region. The exchange of
Chambardia rubens
might point to maritime trade contacts between Canaan and Egypt in early EB I.