This pilot study examines the provisioning of domestic sheep and goats as it pertains to pilgrimage at the archeological site of Tel Dan (Tell el-Qadi), Israel, an Iron Age IIA–B (ca. 10th/9th–7th c. BCE) religious center in the southern Levant traditionally associated with Israelite Yahwistic worship. The question of how far animals were transported for sacrifice is addressed through isotopic analyses (carbon, oxygen, and strontium) on tooth enamel of domestic sheep and goats (predominately sheep) from Iron Age IIA–B contexts at Tel Dan through sequential intra-tooth sampling. While the results show some diversity of origins among the animals, none was brought from a distance greater than 10–20 km from Tel Dan. As such, the data suggest that however far pilgrims traveled to the site, the animals sold for sacrifice and consumption were raised locally.

这项前瞻性研究研究了以色列铁时代IIA–B（约公元前10/9至7-7）在以色列Tel Dan（Tell el-Qadi）考古现场朝圣所用的家养绵羊和山羊的饲养情况。黎凡特南部的宗教中心传统上与以色列人Yahwistic崇拜有关。通过同位素分析，从Tel Dan的铁器时代IIA–B环境中对家养绵羊和山羊（主要是绵羊）的家养绵羊和山羊（主要是绵羊）的牙釉质进行了同位素分析（碳，氧和锶）采样。虽然结果表明动物之间有一些不同的起源，但没有一个是从距Tel Dan超过10-20 km的距离带来的。这样一来，数据表明朝圣者前往该地点的距离有多远，