Bioarchaeology in the ancient Near East: Challenges and future directions for the southern Levant.
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DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23149
Abstract: The synthesis of biological anthropology, archaeology, and social theory provides a bioarchaeological model to reconstruct nuanced aspects of demography, diet, disease, death, daily activities, and biodistance, even in the absence of discrete burials. Numerous skeletal… read more here.
Keywords: anthropology; near east; east challenges; bioarchaeology ancient ... See more keywords
Animals as Social Actors: Cases of Equid Resistance in the Ancient Near East
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DOI: 10.1017/s0959774319000222
Abstract: This paper examines the concept of animals as social actors in the ancient Near East through a case study of human–equid relations. In particular, examples where equids may be seen as expressing resistance, as depicted… read more here.
Keywords: animals social; near east; ancient near; resistance ... See more keywords
Concatenation in Ancient Near East Literature, Hebrew Scripture and Rabbinic Literature
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DOI: 10.1163/15700704-12341351
Abstract: This paper follows the development of concatenation from its early use in Ancient Near Eastern literature through its use in the Hebrew Bible, in Hebrew Ben-Sira, and ultimately in Rabbinic literature. We demonstrate that the… read more here.
Keywords: concatenation ancient; literature; rabbinic literature; ancient near ... See more keywords