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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