Assertion: pigeon's bird | /r/ObjectUse | used as food
Facets:
value: to some extent
type: OTHER
value: always
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Although the birds always had been used as food to some extent, even by the Indians, the real slaughter began in the 1800s.
text: It is equally likely, however, that the birds were used for food and/or sacrifice, as the mosaic also depicts a shrine adjacent to the dovecote .