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Butchering marks on ancient bones tell scientists when Bronze Age people started using more efficient metal tools

05.19.26 | Frontiers

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

Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology

10.3389/fearc.2026.1770900

Imaging analysis

Not applicable

Butchering technology and metal adoption in the Bronze Age southern Levant: SEM evidence from Tell Aphek, Israel

15-Apr-2026

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.

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Keywords

Archaeological Sites Archaeology Material Culture Stone Tools

Article Information

Journal

Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology

DOI

10.3389/fearc.2026.1770900

Method of Research

Imaging analysis

Subject of Research

Not applicable

Article Publication Date

2026-04-15

Article Title

Butchering technology and metal adoption in the Bronze Age southern Levant: SEM evidence from Tell Aphek, Israel

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.

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Deborah Pirchner

Frontiers

press@frontiersin.org

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https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2026/05/18/balding-seals-invasive-crocs-frontiers-photo-highlights

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Frontiers. (2026, May 19). Butchering marks on ancient bones tell scientists when Bronze Age people started using more efficient metal tools. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/12DGJJ21/butchering-marks-on-ancient-bones-tell-scientists-when-bronze-age-people-started-using-more-efficient-metal-tools.html

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"Butchering marks on ancient bones tell scientists when Bronze Age people started using more efficient metal tools." Brightsurf News, May. 19 2026, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/12DGJJ21/butchering-marks-on-ancient-bones-tell-scientists-when-bronze-age-people-started-using-more-efficient-metal-tools.html.