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Evolution of a taboo : pigs and people in the Ancient near East / Max D. Price.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Price, Max D., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Food habits--Middle East.
- Food habits.
- Swine--Middle East--History--To 1500.
- Swine.
- Swine--Religious aspects--Judaism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (320 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white).
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- From their domestication to their taboo, pigs and their shifting roles in the ancient Near East are among the most complicated topics in archaeology. Rejecting monocausal explanations, this text adopts an evolutionary approach and draws upon zooarchaeology and ancient texts to unravel the cultural significance of swine from the Paleolithic to today.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-754330-8
- 0-19-754328-6
- 0-19-754329-4
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