
View from the Herd
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Content
- Intro
- Half-title page
- Series page
- Title page
- CiP data
- Table of Contents
- LIST OF FIGURES
- LIST OF TABLES
- FOREWORD: A NOTE FROM THE EDITORS
- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- ABBREVIATIONS
- CHRONOLOGICAL OUTLINE OF ANCIENT EGYPT
- 1. The Importance of Cattle, Sheep, and Goats
- Decision-Making in Ancient Egypt
- and a Little Theory
- 2. Taxonomy and Nomenclature
- 3. The Origin of Domestic Cattle, Sheep, Goats, and Pigs in Egypt
- 4. Environmental Factors: Floods, Rains, and Change
- 5. The Ecological Biogeography of Pastoralism in Ancient Egypt
- 6. Feeding and Foddering
- 7. Herd Size in Ancient Egypt
- 8. The Assumptions: A Framework for Modeling Animal Management in Ancient Egypt
- Pulling It All Together
- 9. The Baladi Breed: A Model for Cattle in Ancient Egypt
- 10. Modeling Pharaonic Cattle Management and Productivity
- 11. Unimproved Breeds of Sheep: A Model for Pharaonic Sheep
- 12. Unimproved Breeds of Goats: A Model for Pharaonic Goats
- 13. Modeling Pharaonic Sheep and Goat Management and Productivity
- 14. The Pig in Ancient Egypt
- 15. Comparing Cattle, Sheep, Goats, and Pigs: Predictions and Two Normative Assumptions Reexamined
- 16. Butchering, Nutrition, and Patterns of Consumption
- 17. Archaeological Data from the Old Kingdom: Patterns and Explanations
- References
- Index
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