Besides agriculture and animal husbandry, members of the community also engaged in crafts and industries. Hundreds of leather strips and squares uncovered in caves near the site suggest that the sectarians prepared their own parchment and the leather fastenings used to bind the scrolls. A potter's workshop was also discovered, in which simple vessels were made, similar to the ones found in the central building and the adjacent caves. Evidence was also found of textile and weaving industries, as well as salt and honey production. Presumably, some of these products were used by the sectarians themselves, while the remainder was sold in marketplaces. The sectarians adhered to the principle of full communality of property and labor. The hoard of silver coins found in the central building may include the capital entrusted by the sect's new members to the community's "bursar" at the completion of their first year of candidacy. An ostracon recently unearthed near the central building is apparently a draft of a deed of gift, dealing with the transfer of ownership of a new member's property to the sect.