Dear Jacqui,
If it is domestic pigs you are interested in, see the following for evidence of pig transhumance and other mobility patterns:
Albarella U, Manconi F & Trentacoste A. 2011. A week on the plateau: pig husbandry, mobility and resource exploitation in central Sardinia. In U. Albarella & A. Trentacoste A. (eds.). Ethnozooarchaeology. The present and past of human-animal relationships, 143-59. Oxford: Oxbow Books.
Less specifically focused on mobility but also possibly relevant:
Halstead, P. & Isaakidou, V. 2011. A pig fed by hand is worth two in the bush: Ethnoarchaeology of pig husbandry in Greece and its archaeological implications. In U. Albarella & A. Trentacoste A. (eds.). Ethnozooarchaeology. The present and past of human-animal relationships, 160-74. Oxford: Oxbow Books.
Albarella U., Manconi F., Vigne J.-D. & Rowley-Conwy P. 2007. The ethnoarchaeology of traditional pig husbandry in Sardinia and Corsica. In U.Albarella, K.Dobney, A.Ervynck & P.Rowley-Conwy (eds). Pigs and Humans: 10,000 years of interaction, pp.285-307. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Molenat, M. and Casabianca, F. (1979) Contribution à la maîtrise de l’elevage porcinextensif en Corse. Bulletin Technique du Departement de Genetique Animale 32. Jouy-en-Josas, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique.
I can provide pdfs if required (but not Molenat & Casabianca)
Cheers,
U
At the ASWA confernce in Brussels there was some conversation around the use of marshland for pigs (e.g that found around Catal etc) - does anyone have historical, ethanographic or archaeological evidence for this? Also accounts of seasonal movement other than to/from woodland?
We are examining strontium isotopic signals for pig diet/movement and need to consider the full range of potential pig wanderings as we need to consider that they were not always kept locally.
Thanks for any insights or references.
Jacqui Mulville (PhD),
On research leave Sept 2011 to Sept 2012
School of History, Archaeology and Religion,
Cardiff University, Humanities Building, Colum Drive, CARDIFF, CF10 3EU
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