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Ostrich distribution and exploitation in the Arabian peninsula

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

D. T. Potts
D. T. Potts*
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Archaeology, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
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Ethnohistoric and representational as well as egg-shell evidence shows that the ostrich was widely distributed in Arabia. However, the absence of ostrich bones in the archaeological record suggests that they were not hunted for meat.

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ostrich eggArabian peninsula
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Antiquity , Volume 75 , Issue 287 , March 2001 , pp. 182 - 190
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2001

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