Isotope data from a sacrificial ass and several ovicaprines (sheep/goat) from Early Bronze
Age household deposits at Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel provide direct evidence for the …

The organization of craft production has long been a marker for broader social, economic,
and political changes that accompanied urbanism. The identity of producers who comprised …

The organization of craft production has long been a marker for broader social, economic
and political changes that accompanied urbanism. The identity of producers who comprised …

Analysis of a sacrificed and interred domestic donkey from an Early Bronze Age (EB) IIIB (c.
2800–2600 BCE) domestic residential neighborhood at Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath, Israel, indicate …

Memory in a Time of Prose investigates a deceptively straightforward question: what did the
biblical scribes know about times previous to their own? Daniel D. Pioske attempts to …

In this paper, we present the results of recent research on the potential movement of animals
and other goods between Old Kingdom Egypt and the southern Levant during the Early …

The Early Bronze Age (EBA) of the southern Levant was the first period in which many sites
became fortified. This process reached its climax during the latter part of the period (namely …

It is often assumed that domestic animals in early urban Near Eastern centres either are a
reflection of the local pastoral economy, or were raised at a distance by pastoral specialists …

A few years ago, a domestic donkey (Equus asinus), or ass, was discovered at Tell eṣ-
Ṣafi/Gath in modern Israel and determined to have been sacrificed and buried as a …

The Early Bronze Age city at Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath was among the largest urban centers in
Canaan, or whatever they called their land at that time (Maeir 2012b: 13; Shai et al. 2016) …