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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823112003321

Titolo

Pigs and humans : 10,000 years of interaction / / edited by Umberto Albarella ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

0-19-191735-4

1-281-14900-4

9786611149000

0-19-152579-0

1-4356-1763-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (485 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Altri autori (Persone)

AlbarellaUmberto

Disciplina

636.4009

Soggetti

Swine - History

Human-animal relationships - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2007.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [395]-454) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of authors; Introduction; PART A: EVOLUTION AND TAXONOMY; PART B: THE HISTORY OF PIG DOMESTICATION AND HUSBANDRY; PART C: METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES; PART D: ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDIES; PART E: PIGS IN RITUAL AND ART; Glossary; References

Sommario/riassunto

A collection of essays focusing upon the role wild and domestic pigs have played in human societies around the world over the last 10,000 years. The 22 contributors cover a broad and diverse range of themes, grounded within the disciplines of archaeology, zoology, anthropology, and biology, as well as art history and history.