‘Slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine.': Feasting in late bronze age hazor

Palestine Exploration Quarterly

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 186-204

  Zuckerman, Sharon ^a  

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Author keywords

Canaan; Conspicuous consumption; Feasts; Hazor; Late bronze age

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951521807     PISSN: 00310328     EISSN: 17431301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/003103207x227319     Document Type: Article

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