image: A chop mark by a metal axe on a goat or sheep vertebra. These chops were performed for dismemberment.
Credit: Haskel J Greenfield and Jeremy A Beller
Journal
Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology
Method of Research
Imaging analysis
Subject of Research
Not applicable
Article Title
Butchering technology and metal adoption in the Bronze Age southern Levant: SEM evidence from Tell Aphek, Israel
Article Publication Date
15-Apr-2026
COI Statement
The author(s) declared that this work was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.