Table 2 Number of identified specimen counts.
Taxon | Nessana | Halutza | Avdat | Shivta | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Late Byzantine | Early Islamic | Early-Middle Byzantine | Late Roman – Early Byzantine | Late Byzantine | Early Islamic | NISP | |||||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
Sheep | 9 | 29 | 44 | 125 | 9 | 6 | 222 | ||||||
Goat | 30 | 26 | 55 | 66 | 20 | 7 | 204 | ||||||
Sh/G | 60 | 70 | 141 | 50 | 288 | 87 | 196 | 80 | 84 | 79 | 50 | 75 | 819 |
Pig | 11 | 8 | 69 | 18 | 23 | 5 | 1 | * | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 122 |
Cattle | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | * | 27 | ||
Camel | 1 | * | 18 | 4 | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | 21 | ||||
Equid | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | * | 13 | 3 | 1 | * | 22 | ||
Chicken | 10 | 7 | 34 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 45 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 123 |
Pigeon | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | * | 1 | * | 2 | * | 1 | 1 | 11 |
Hartebeest | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | * | 9 | 2 | 15 | ||||
Gazelle | 8 | 6 | 70 | 18 | 2 | * | 1 | * | 1 | * | 4 | 5 | 86 |
Hare | 4 | 1 | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
Duck | 1 | * | 1 | * | 2 | ||||||||
Reptile | 1 | * | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | ||||
Total | 141 | 394 | 443 | 486 | 143 | 84 | 1691 | ||||||
