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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxx, 454 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-454) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191525797 0191525790 1281149004 9781281149008 9786611149000 6611149007 1435617630 9781435617636 0191917354 9780191917356 |