Table 4. Estimates of Sheep and Goat
Mortality Based on Long Bone Fusion.
Percentages Indicate the Number of Animals that Survived Past the Age
at the Head of Each Column
Period |
>6-10 months |
>13-16 months |
>18-28 months |
>36-42 months |
Iron II |
78% |
89% |
78% |
48% |
Late Hellenistic |
81% |
100% |
100% |
60% |
Early Roman |
70% |
89% |
68% |
44% |