Majdal Yābā: More Insights on the Site in Medieval  and Late Ottoman to Mandatory Times

Taxel, Itamar; Glick, Alexander; Pines, Miriam

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“…It is noteworthy that Harlaa, Harar, and Ganda Harla share a predominance of ovicaprines, in particular goats, with various contemporary sites in the Islamic World (e.g. Bangsgaard 2015;Brown 2016;Hongo 1997;Horwitz 2009;Loyet 1999;Studer et al 2013;Taxel et al 2017;von den Driesch & Docker 2002). Similarly, in these comparative sites, goats were also mainly culled for their meat as older subadults while cattle were more commonly retained into adulthood, as were horses, donkeys and camels (Bangsgaard 2001(Bangsgaard , 2015Hongo 1997;Horwitz 2009;Loyet 1999).…”

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Animal Economies and Islamic Conversion in Eastern Ethiopia: Zooarchaeological Analyses from Harlaa, Harar and Ganda Harla

Gaastra

Insoll

2020

J. African Arch.

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Excavations at three urban sites, Harlaa, Harar, and Ganda Harla, in eastern Ethiopia have recovered substantial assemblages of faunal remains. These, the first to be analysed from Islamic contexts in the country, were studied to reconstruct animal economies, and to assess if it was possible to identify Islamic conversion or the presence of Muslims in archaeological contexts through examining butchery practices and diet via the species present. Differences in animal economies between the sites in, for example, management strategies, use of animals for traction, and presence of imported marine fish, infers the development of different traditions. However, conversion to Islam was evident, and although issues of non-observance, mixed communities, and dietary eclecticism have to be acknowledged, the appearance of a similar range of butchery techniques suggests these were linked with the appearance of Muslim traders, and subsequent spread of Islam.

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Section: Identifying Islamic Butchery Practices and Diet In The Fauna...mentioning

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Animal Economies and Islamic Conversion in Eastern Ethiopia: Zooarchaeological Analyses from Harlaa, Harar and Ganda Harla

Gaastra

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2020

J. African Arch.

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Majdal Yābā: More Insights on the Site in Medieval and Late Ottoman to Mandatory Times

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Animal Economies and Islamic Conversion in Eastern Ethiopia: Zooarchaeological Analyses from Harlaa, Harar and Ganda Harla

Animal Economies and Islamic Conversion in Eastern Ethiopia: Zooarchaeological Analyses from Harlaa, Harar and Ganda Harla

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