“…This process, however, was not straightforward, as dog meat is known to have been limitedly eaten throughout prehistory (see e.g. Bartosiewicz, 1999, p. 314;Méniel, 2006;Hambleton, 2008;Vretemark and Sten, 2010;Chrószcz et al, 2013;). An almost complete cessation of the practice in Europe and the Mediterranean is presumed to have taken place with the introduction of new culinary habits of the Roman world (Bartosiewicz, 1994;; and references therein)0, even though consumption of dog meat continued in some European areas until mid-20 th century or takes place even nowadays (Horard-Herbin, 2014, p. 72).…”