The faunal remains from the burial caves at Sha'ar Efrayim

The faunal remains from the Sha'ar Efrrayim burial caves (Nos. 1, 3-5) were attributed to two main periods, in accordance with the other finding in the caves: Late Chalcolithic and Late Chalcolithic-Early Bronze Age I. They comprise a small, but important, sample, representing a wide range of both domestic and wild taxa. These remains seem to be the first convincing evidence of animal offerings in Late Chalcolithic/EB IA contexts in the southern Levant.