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...

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Authors: Price, Max D. (Author) ; Rowan, Yorke M. (Author) ; Hill, Austin C. (Author) ; Kersel, Morag M. 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The University of Chicago Press 2016
In: Bulletin of ASOR
Year: 2016, Issue: 376, Pages: 7-27
RelBib Classification:HB Old Testament
HH Archaeology
KBL Near East and North Africa
Further subjects:B Gazelles
B Liminality
B Gazelle
B Ritual
B Archaeologists
B Copper age
B zooarchaeology
B Levant
B Chalcolithic
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