Gazelles, Liminality, and Chalcolithic Ritual: A Case Study from Marj Rabba, Israel
Endangered today, gazelles were both economically and symbolically important to the peoples of the ancient Near East. In various contexts, the gazelle has represented liminality, death, and rebirth. Gazelles held special significance in the southern Levant, where archaeologists have documented cases...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Near Eastern Archaeology (NEA). - The American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR), 1998. - (2016), 376, Seite 7-27 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
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2016
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Near Eastern Archaeology (NEA) |
| Schlagworte: | Levant zooarchaeology gazelle ritual Chalcolithic Biological sciences Behavioral sciences Social sciences Arts Religion |