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Isotopic Evidence for Early Trade in Animals between Old Kingdom Egypt and Canaan
Elizabeth R Arnold1, Gideon Hartman2, Haskel J Greenfield3
1Grand Valley State University, Department of Anthropology, Allendale, Michigan, United States of America.
Abstract:
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 movement of domestic draught/draft and husbandry animals between Old Kingdom Egypt (during the time of the Pyramids) and Early Bronze Age III Canaan (ca. 2900-2500 BCE). Vacillating, bi-directional connections between Egypt and Canaan are known throughout the Early Bronze Age, but here we provide the first concrete evidence of early trade in animals from Egypt to Canaan.
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