Max D. Price (Lecturer in Archaeology, Lecturer in Archaeology, Mas

Evolution of a Taboo

Pigs and People in the Ancient Near East

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Produktbeschreibung

The history of pigs in the ancient Near East, from domestication to taboo, has fascinated historians and archaeologists for decades. Rejecting simple explanations, Evolution of a Taboo book adopts an evolutionary approach, weaving together zooarchaeological and textual data to unravel the relationship between pigs and people from the Paleolithic to the present day.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Januar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780197543276
• ISBN-10: 0197543278
• Artikelnr.: 60324325

Autorenporträt

Max D. Price is Lecturer in Archaeology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: The Power of Pigs
Chapter 2: Animals in a Landscape
Chapter 3: From Paleolithic Wild Boar to Neolithic Pigs
Chapter 4: Out of the Cradle
Chapter 5: Urban Swine and Ritual Pigs in the Bronze Age
Chapter 6: Theorizing the Taboo
Chapter 7: The Coming of the Taboo - Pigs in The Iron Age
Chapter 8: Clash of Cultures in the Classical Period
Chapter 9: Islam and the Modern Period
Chapter 10: The Complexity of Swine