Pigs and humans : 10,000 years of interaction /
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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2007
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | 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. - ;Pigs are one of the most iconic but also paradoxical animals ever to have developed a relationship with humans. This relationship has been a long and varied one: from noble wild beast of the forest to mass produced farmyard animal; from a symbol of status and plenty to. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxx, 454 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-454) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191525797 0191525790 1281149004 9781281149008 9786611149000 6611149007 1435617630 9781435617636 0191917354 9780191917356 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
