Studien Zur Hethitischen Wirtschaft, 3: Tierwirtschaft Und Jagd

Klengel, Horst

doi:10.1524/aofo.2007.34.12.154

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“…Although pig bones are rare in most Hittite assemblages, Hittite texts provide ample information about the social connotations, economic uses, husbandry strategies, and symbolic roles of pigs in the Hittite world (Hoffner 1974, 64). The Hittite Law Code prohibited physical contact with and consumption of pigs that scavenged on street waste, whereas other pigs were reared on grain and kept in special enclosures to produce fat and meat (LÚ MEŠ SIPAD.ŠAH  ) (Collins 2006;Hoffner 1974, 65;Klengel 2007). Price lists for pig fat (Ì.ŠAH  .DÙG.GA = "good pork fat", 1 shekel), used in perfume production and medicine, suggest pig fat trade was important enough to be centrally administered (Alparslan 2013, 511;Klengel 2007, 161).…”

Section: Central and Southeastern Anatoliamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Price lists for pig fat (Ì.ŠAH  .DÙG.GA = "good pork fat", 1 shekel), used in perfume production and medicine, suggest pig fat trade was important enough to be centrally administered (Alparslan 2013, 511;Klengel 2007, 161). Pig management also required central regulation: pig theft and damage to fields caused by pigs were fined (Collins 2006;Klengel 2007).…”

Section: Central and Southeastern Anatoliamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The concept of different pig husbandry styles was not unknown in LBA Anatolia. Hittite texts describe pigs kept in enclosures, as well as courtyard pigs and pigs scavenging streets (Collins 2006;Klengel 2007). Different husbandry styles affected the economic value of these pigs.…”

Section: Pigs At Kaymakçımentioning

confidence: 99%

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Pigs in Sight: Late Bronze Age Pig Husbandries in the Aegean and Anatolia

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Çakırlar²,

Roosevelt

2020

Journal of Field Archaeology

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This paper explores pig husbandry across the Aegean and Anatolia based on zooarchaeological data and ancient texts. The western Anatolian citadel of Kaymakçı is the departure point for discussion, as it sits in the Mycenaean-Hittite interaction zone and provides a uniquely large assemblage of pig bones. NISP, mortality, and biometric data from 38 additional sites across Greece and Anatolia allows observation of intra-and interregional variation in the role of pigs in subsistence economies, pig management, and pig size characteristics. Results show that, first, pig abundance at Kaymakçı matches Mycenaean and northern Aegean sites more closely than central, southern, and southeastern Anatolian sites; second, pig mortality data and biometry suggest multiple husbandry strategies and pig populations at Kaymakçı, but other explanations cannot yet be excluded; and, third, for the Aegean and Anatolia during the Late Bronze Age more generally, pig data suggests pluriformity, which challenges the use of "pig principles" in this region.

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Section: Central and Southeastern Anatoliamentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Central and Southeastern Anatoliamentioning

confidence: 99%