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Animals as domesticates [[electronic resource] ] : a world view through history / / Juliet Clutton-Brock



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Autore: Clutton-Brock Juliet Visualizza persona
Titolo: Animals as domesticates [[electronic resource] ] : a world view through history / / Juliet Clutton-Brock Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, c2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (203 p.)
Disciplina: 636.08
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Soggetto topico: Domestic animals - History
Animals and civilization
Human-animal relationships - History
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-175) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword by James A. Serpell; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Eurasia after the Ice; 2. Settlement and Domestication in Eurasia; 3. Arrival of Domesticates in Europe; 4. Domesticates in Ancient Egypt and Their Origins; 5. Domesticates of the Ancient Israelites, Assyrians, and Scythians; 6. Domesticates in the Classical World of Greece and Rome; 7. Domesticates in Ancient India and Southeast Asia; 8. Domesticates in Oceania; 9. Domesticates in Africa South of the Sahara; 10. Domesticates in the Americas; Conclusions
Appendix: Nomenclature of the Domestic Animals and Their Wild ProgenitorsNotes; Bibliography; Index
Sommario/riassunto: Drawing on the latest research in archaeozoology, archaeology, and molecular biology, Animals as Domesticates traces the history of the domestication of animals around the world. From the llamas of South America and the turkeys of North America, to the cattle of India and the Australian dingo, this fascinating book explores the history of the complex relationships between humans and their domestic animals. With expert insight into the biological and cultural processes of domestication, Clutton-Brock suggests how the human instinct for nurturing may have transformed relationsh
Titolo autorizzato: Animals as domesticates  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-62895-050-1
1-60917-314-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910779278403321
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Serie: Animal turn.