A view from the herd : cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs in pharaonic Egypt - a primer for Egyptologists and archaeologists
| Parallelsachtitel: |
Cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs in pharaonic Egypt : a primer for Egyptologists and archaeologists |
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| 1. Verfasser: |
Redding, Richard W. 1947-2023
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Columbus, GA :
Lockwood Press,
2024.
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| Umfang/Format: |
XVII, 190 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Archaeobiology
number 5 |
| ISBN: | 9781957454085 |
| Parallelausgabe: |
Redding, Richard W., 1947 - 2023, A view from the herd (Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe) |
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Inhaltsverzeichnis |
Inhaltsangabe:
- The importance of cattle, sheep, and goats; decision-making in ancient Egypt; and a little theory
- Taxonomy and nomenclature
- The origin of domestic cattle, sheep, and goats in Egypt
- Setting the stage. Environmental factors : floods, rains, and climate change; The ecological biogeography of pastoralism in ancient Egypt; Feeding and foddering; Herd size in ancient Egypt; The assumptions : a framework for modeling animal management in ancient Egypt; pulling it all together
- Cattle in pharaonic Egypt : herd dynamics, feeding behavior, production characteristics, and productivity. The Baladi breed : a model for cattle in ancient Egypt; Modeling pharaonic cattle management and productivity
- Sheep, goats, and pigs in pharaonic Egypt : herd dynamics, feeding behavior, production characteristics, and productivity. Unimproved breeds of sheep : a model for pharaonic sheep; Unimproved breeds of goats : a model for pharaonic goats; Modeling pharaonic sheep and goat management and productivity; The pig in ancient Egypt; Comparing cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs : predictions and two normative assumptions reexamined
- Consumption and nutrition. Butchering, nutrition, and patterns of consumption
- Explaining patterning in the faunal remains from Old Kingdom Egypt. Archaeological data from the Old Kingdom : patterns and explanations.
