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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
>
>
>   

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