THE FAUNAL REMAINS FROM THE ROMAN–EARLY BYZANTINE RESIDENTIAL QUARTER AT OBODA (‘AVEDAT)

Nimrod Marom

doi:10.70967/2948-040X.2530

THE FAUNAL REMAINS FROM THE ROMAN–EARLY BYZANTINE RESIDENTIAL QUARTER AT OBODA (‘AVEDAT)

Nimrod Marom

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Abstract

Excavations in the town of Oboda in the Negev Highlands yielded faunal remains from Roman and Early Byzantine (late third–early fifth century CE) contexts. It was found that the site’s economy in both periods relied mainly on caprine flocks dominated by sheep.

Original language	English
Journal	ATIQOT
Volume	121
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.2530
State	Published - 2026

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© 2026, the author(s) and the Israel Antiquities Authority This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the CC BY-NC 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Keywords

Oboda
Roman period
demography
early Byzantine period
economy
fauna

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Conservation
Archaeology
Archaeology

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THE FAUNAL REMAINS FROM THE ROMAN–EARLY BYZANTINE RESIDENTIAL QUARTER AT OBODA (‘AVEDAT)

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