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% |