And from the southern Levant, one of the earliest bits of evidence is from the Chalcolithic at Ein Gedi. Ussishkin (1980) describes a ceramic bull with a churn on its back, suggesting links between both cattle and milking and cattle and labor. Ussishkin, E. 1980. The Ghassulian Shrine at Ein Gedi. Tel Aviv 7: 1-44. Sarah Zeder, Melinda wrote: > Can anyone give me a reference for the earliest evidence of the use of domestic animals as draught animals - either archaeological or pictoral? > > Thanks, > > Melinda Zeder > > > -- Sarah Whitcher Kansa Executive Director The Alexandria Archive Institute www.alexandriaarchive.org www.opencontext.org Tel: 1-510-528-5392 Fax: 1-866-505-8626