A DOG'S LIFE IN THE IRON AGE OF THE SOUTHERN LEVANT: CONNECTING THE TEXTUAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE.
Summary: Studies of dog remains focused on the Iron Age southern Levant generally highlight their unique nature in the archaeological context, specifically in relation to their post‐mortem exploitation. Here we review the published archaeological and textual data to evaluate the current understandin...
| Publicado en: | Oxford Journal of Archaeology Vol. 42; no. 2; pp. 152 - 166 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
May2023
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