ABSTRACT
The extensive period covered by Dr. K. Kenyon's excavations of the Jericho Tell from the Mesolithic to the Byzantine provides an exceptionally favourable opportunity for the study of animal remains. The carnivore remains can be divided into three main groups, a wolf/jackal/ dog complex, foxes, and cats. These are described in systematic order. A metrical comparison has been made of the canid remains from Jericho with those from prehistoric cave sites in Palestine studied by B. Kurten. Kurten measured all the carnivore skull and tooth specimens from excavations of the Palestine caves of Mount Carmel, Kebarah, Shukbah, Zuttiyeh, and Ksar ‘Akil that are in the British Museum and made a statistical comparison with present day specimens. A total number of 203 bones and teeth of fox have been collected from all levels, representing 134 individual animals. Remains of foxes greatly outnumber those of any other carnivore.
