Download or read book Pigs and Humans written by Umberto Albarella and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2007-12-06 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays focusing upon the role wild and domestic pigs have played in human societies around the world over the last 10,000 years. The 22 contributors cover a broad and diverse range of themes, grounded within the disciplines of archaeology, zoology, anthropology, and biology, as well as art history and history.