A cache of astragali from Tel Nagila

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Title A cache of astragali from Tel Nagila.
Contributors Uziel, Joe
Maeir, Aren M.
Ilan, David (Archaeologist)
Susnow, Matthew
Original Library/publisher Atiqot. Jerusalem. 112
Host Item Atiqot 112 (2023) 35-52
Description This paper presents a cache of 31 astragali from the site of Tel Nagila, dating to the Middle Bronze Age. This is the earliest known cache of astragali from the Southern Levant outside tombs, and may be the forebearer of the later caches found in cultic contexts in the Late Bronze and Iron Ages. This paper presents the context in which the cache was found, adjacent to a tower that functioned as part of the site’s fortifications
the social mechanisms behind the use of astragali
their deposition in a cache
and how the cache may have related to the function of the context in which it was found.
Language English
National Library system number 997012599746005171
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