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PRICE, M. D., Evolution of a Taboo. Pigs and People in the Ancient Near East. Oxford University Press, 2021. 336p. Hardback. Max Price offers an original and attractive synthesis around the history of pigs, considered here vertically (since prehistory), successfully combining archaeozoology and anthropology. The book is pleasantly written and embellished with skillfully introduced digressions towards contemporary questions related to the problem. The author claims prudence and discernment in this dense subject, which has already produced a very abundant literature, which offers an impressive bibliography (pp. 247-307) revealing in itself the very broad investigations carried out by the author. Youri Volokhine, Universite de Geneve, ARYS: Antiquity, Religions and Societies Dec 2022 |a 03/01/2023 (Publisher's information). € 40.07 (New) (approx. delivery time: 14 days) ISBN: 9780197543276