Working Donkeys in 4th-3rd Millennium Bc Mesopotamia - Insights From Modern Development Studies

List of contents

1. Working Donkeys Then and Now: Approaches and Contexts; 2. Working Animals in Antiquity; 3. Donkeys Versus Cattle; 4.Working-Animal Supply Logistics; 5. Training, Husbandry and Feeding; 6. Transport; 7. Rethinking Animal Ploughing; 8.Summing up: the way forward

About the author

Jill Goulder, after an earlier career in industrial marketing research, earned a PhD at the Institute of Archaeology UCL in 2018, employing modern development study material from Africa and elsewhere to provide insights into the early systematic use of working animals in Mesopotamia. See www.jgoulder.com/archaeology.

Summary

Working Donkeys in 4th-3rd Millennium BC Mesopotamia: Insights from Modern Development Studies is a reassessment of the role and impact of working-animal adoption in antiquity, focusing on 4th-3rd millennium BC Mesopotamia but applicable to other periods and regions.

Product details

• Authors: Jill Goulder
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367422042
• ISBN: 978-0-367-42204-2
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: UCL Institute of Archaeology Publications
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; NATURE / Animals / General, HISTORY / Ancient / General, Mesopotamia, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Animals & society, Archaeology, Animals and society, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory