Ancestors for the Pigs

Pigs in Prehistory

Edited by Sarah M Nelson

Book cover: Ancestors for the Pigs

Extent: 148 pages

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Museum

Subjects: Anthropology, Earth & Life Sciences 

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(January 1998)

ISBN: 9781931707091

8.46 x 10.98 inches

Price: $39.95

In stock

This book brings together several new ways of thinking about pigs in the past, creating a dialogue by drawing on several kinds of approaches-from geography, ethnography, zoology, history, and archaeology-to enrich the way we all understand the evidence found in archaeological sites.


This book brings together several new ways of thinking about pigs in the past, creating a dialogue by drawing on several kinds of approaches-from geography, ethnography, zoology, history, and archaeology-to enrich the way we all understand the evidence found in archaeological sites.

  • Edited by Sarah M Nelson