Strategies of Animal Exploitation in Late Iron Age IIA Ḥorvat Tevet (the Jezreel Valley) Reveal Patterns of Royal Economy in Early Monarchic Israel
Faunal remains from Ḥorvat Tevet, a site located in the rural hinterlands of the Jezreel Valley, reveal patterns of a complex redistributive apparatus during the Late Iron IIA. This paper assesses a large assemblage of animal bones within inter- and intra-site comparative analyses. Inter-site compar...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
2024
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| In: |
Palestine exploration quarterly
Year: 2024, Volume: 156, Issue: 3, Pages: 241–261 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Animal remains
/ Hierarchy
/ Livestock
/ Jesreelebene
/ Iron age
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| IxTheo Classification: | HH Archaeology |
| Further subjects: | B
Zooarchaeology
B Monarchic Israel B Animal Economy B Consumer-Producers B Social Hierarchy B Iron Age II B Jezreel Valley B Agricultural Labour |
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| Summary: | Faunal remains from Ḥorvat Tevet, a site located in the rural hinterlands of the Jezreel Valley, reveal patterns of a complex redistributive apparatus during the Late Iron IIA. This paper assesses a large assemblage of animal bones within inter- and intra-site comparative analyses. Inter-site comparisons to contemporary sites in the northern valleys of Israel demonstrate that the agricultural production of grain and animal by-products at Ḥorvat Tevet is unprecedented and went far beyond the site’s local needs. Further, an intra-site comparison reveals a hierarchical distinction in the consumption patterns between elites and the labour force. These results further reinforce the conclusion that the late Iron IIA Ḥorvat Tevet was an administrative centre of a royal Israelite estate in the Jezreel Valley. |
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| ISSN: | 1743-1301 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Palestine exploration quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/00310328.2023.2184088 |