ABSTRACT This paper explores pig husbandry across the Aegean and Anatolia based on zooarchaeological data and ancient texts. The western Anatolian citadel of Kaymakçı is the departure point for discussion, as it sits in the Mycenaean-Hittite interaction zone and provides a uniquely large assemblage of pig bones. NISP, mortality, and biometric data from 38 additional sites across Greece and Anatolia allows observation of intra- and interregional variation in the role of pigs in subsistence economies, pig management, and pig size characteristics. Results show that, first, pig abundance at Kaymakçı matches Mycenaean and northern Aegean sites more closely than central, southern, and southeastern Anatolian sites; second, pig mortality data and biometry suggest multiple husbandry strategies and pig populations at Kaymakçı, but other explanations cannot yet be excluded; and, third, for the Aegean and Anatolia during the Late Bronze Age more generally, pig data suggests pluriformity, which challenges the use of “pig principles” in this region.

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可见的猪：爱琴海和安纳托利亚的青铜时代晚期的畜牧业

摘要本文基于动物考古数据和古代文献，探索了爱琴海和安纳托利亚的养猪业。西部的安纳托利亚城堡Kaymakçı位于迈锡尼（Mecenaean）-赫梯（Hittite）相互作用区，提供独特的大型猪骨头集合，是讨论的出发点。来自希腊和安纳托利亚另外38个站点的NISP，死亡率和生物统计数据可观察区域内和区域间生猪在生计经济中的作用，生猪管理和生猪大小特征的变化。结果表明，首先，Kaymakçı的猪的数量比中部，南部和东南部的安纳托利亚地区更接近迈锡尼和爱琴海北部地区；其次，猪的死亡率数据和生物特征表明在Kaymakçı有多种饲养策略和猪群，但尚不能排除其他解释；第三，对于青铜时代后期的爱琴海和安纳托利亚而言，猪的数据表明猪体多形，这挑战了该地区“猪的原理”的使用。