ACBS 160D1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Israelites, Kashrut, Piggy Bank
19 Oct 2016
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First subsistence change from hunting-gathering was to horticulture (stone. Small garden, simple how farming--producing enough for yourself and kin (small village 20-30 people) Only possible way to raise crops to tropical forests. Men put boar tusks in nose to show they were tough in certain villages. Pigs, feasts, and warfare: the maring of new guinea- Cycle of warfare and pig feasts ( kaiko ) every 12 years. Women grow taro, sweet potatoes, yams, and raise pigs; women were taking care of an average of six 135 pound pigs each; more demanding than child rearing and home chores. Maring of new guinea: pigs, ecology, warfare- vv=down. << or >>=left or right v<=down one, left one. Domestic pig not very different from wild ancestor: Feral pigs quickly revert to wild morphology. Selection for pug nose and black color. Selection for number of piglets-- not enough teats. Veneration of the pig-- role of religion:
