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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Price, Max D., author.

Title: Evolution of a taboo : pigs and people in the Ancient Near East /

Max D. Price.

Other titles: Pigs and people in the Ancient Near East

Description: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020. |

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020023549 (print) | LCCN 2020023550 (ebook) |

ISBN 9780197543276 (hardback) | ISBN 9780197543290 (epub) |

ISBN 9780197543306

Subjects: LCSH: Food habits—Middle East . | Swine—Middle East—History—To 1500. |

Swine—Religious aspects—Judaism. | Swine—Religious aspects—Islam. | Taboo—Middle East. |

Mammal remains (Archaeology)—Middle East. | Middle East—Antiquities.

Classification: LCC GT2853.M 628 P75 2020 (print) | LCC GT2853.M 628 (ebook) |

DDC 394.1/20956—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020023549

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020023550