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This dissertation examines and compares the patterns of animal utilization by the peoples who inhabited et-Tell/Bethsaida during three historical periods: the Iron Age (specifically Iron Age IIA, IIB and IIC, 1000--740 BCE), the Early Hellenistic Period (332--142 BCE) and the La…

In the study of the cultural and social matrix of the first century CE in the Galilee scholars have commonly prioritized written sources over archaeological evidence because written sources seem to contribute more directly to an understanding of the religious beliefs and practic…