Published May 2, 2020 | Version v1
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Faunal remains from Tel Abel Beth Maacah: Social change in the late second millennium BCE Hula Valley

  • 1. University of Haifa
  • 2. Hebrew University
  • 3. Azusa Pacific University

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The Hula Valley, a gateway from Syria and Lebanon to the southern Levant, was dominated in the Middle and
Late Bronze Ages by the city-state of Hazor. Following the desolation of the latter in the 13th century BCE, it
seems that Abel Beth Maacah became the leading polity in the region, showing a remarkable sequence of Iron
Age I architecture. We examine this regional power shift using a zooarchaeological sequence from Abel Beth
Maacah, which suggests the economic impact of pastoral nomads on the region during the Middle Bronze Age,
and a reversion to traditional, extensive agro-pastoralism in the Late Bronze and Iron Ages.

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European Commission
DEADSEA_ECO – Modelling Anthropocene Trophic Cascades of the Judean Desert Ecosystem: A Hidden Dimension in the History of Human-Environment Interactions 802752