Author： Sapir-Hen Lidar Ben-Yosef Erez
Publisher： Maney Publishing
ISSN： 2040-4786
Source： Tel Aviv: Journal of the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University, Vol.40, Iss.2, 2013-10, pp. : 277-285
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Abstract
It was recently suggested that the introduction of the camel to the southern Levant occurred in the early Iron Age (late 2nd–early 1st millennia BCE). Our study of faunal remains from Iron Age sites at Timna, together with previous studies of Late Bronze and Iron Age sites at Timna and Wadi Faynan, enable us to pinpoint this event more precisely. The new evidence indicates that the first significant appearance of camels in the Aravah Valley was not earlier than the last third of the 10th century BCE. This date accords with data from the Negev and the settled lands further to the north when the low chronology is applied to the early Iron IIA.
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