Table 2.  Distribution of Faunal Remains by Species for each Period

 

 

Species

Iron II

Late Hellenistic

Early Roman/ Nabataean

Late Ottoman

SH/GO

573

146

550

13

 

27.6%

31.1%

24.5%

54.2%

SHEEP

37

8

32

1

 

1.8%

1.7%

1.4%

4.2%

CAPRA

38

8

27

0

 

1.8%

1.7%

1.2%

0.0%

BOS

38

11

19

1

 

1.8%

2.3%

0.8%

4.2%

DEER

0

0

1

0

 

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

GAZELLE

3

0

7

0

 

0.1%

0.0%

0.3%

0.0%

EQUID

4

2

2

0

 

0.2%

0.4%

0.1%

0.0%

BIRD

30

11

100

3

 

1.4%

2.3%

4.5%

12.5%

S MAMM

33

6

85

1

 

1.6%

1.3%

3.8%

4.2%

M MAMM

1234

250

1294

5

 

59.5%

53.2%

57.7%

20.8%

L MAMM

66

16

99

0

 

3.2%

3.4%

4.4%

0.0%

DOG

5

0

4

0

 

0.2%

0.0%

0.2%

0.0%

CARNIVORE

0

0

1

0

 

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

PIG

4

2

10

0

 

0.2%

0.4%

0.4%

0.0%

CAMEL

0

1

0

0

 

0.0%

0.2%

0.0%

0.0%

FISH

0

0

2

0

 

0.0%

0.0%

0.1%

0.0%

SEA TURT

7

9

8

0

 

0.3%

1.9%

0.4%

0.0%

 

D

AC

D

 

FROG/TOAD

3

0

0

0

 

0.1%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%