Bronze and Iron Ages, meat was eaten more often than not during agricultural festivals or on special occasions. Presumably that was the case in these earlier times as well. Sheep and goats remained the most common source of meat. Cattle were eaten sometimes. Pigs were never very popular in Palestine. In Chalcolithic archaeology, pig bones represent about 15 per cent of the butchered remains. After the Chalcolithic era, the percentage of pig consumption fell steadily until it became negligible. The