Animals as Domesticates: A World View through History

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A N I M A L S A S D O M E S T I C AT E S THE ANIMAL TURN Series Editor Linda Kalof Series Advisory Board Marc Bekoff, Juliet Clutton-Brock, Nigel Rothfels Making Animal Meaning Edited by Linda Kalof and Georgina M. Montgomery Animals as Domesticates: A World View through History Juliet Clutton-Brock A N I M A L S A S D O M E S T I C AT E S A Wo r l d V i e w t h r o u g h H i s t o r y Juliet Clutton-Brock Michigan State University Press East Lansing Visit Michigan State University Press at www.msupress.org Copyright © 2012 by Juliet Clutton-Brock iThe paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R 1997) (Permanence of Paper). Michigan State University Press East Lansing, Michigan 48823-5245 Printed and bound in the United States of America. 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 library of congress cataloging-in-publication data Clutton-Brock, Juliet. Animals as domesticates : a world view through history / Juliet Clutton-Brock. p. cm. — (The animal turn) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-61186-028-3 (case bound : alk. paper) ISBN 978-1-61186-064-1 (pbk : alk. paper) 1. Domestic animals—History. 2. Animals and civilization. 3. Human-animal relationships—History. I. Title. SF41.C577 2012 636.08'2 –dc23 2011031274 Cover design by Erin Kirk New Book design by Scribe Inc. (www.scribenet.com) Cover art is of a caravan of Arctic reindeer herders on the move and is reproduced with permission from Øyvind Ravna’s Photo Collection. Back cover art is a seal from Mohenjo-Daro (2500 bce) showing an Indian elephant and is used courtesy of Richard H. Meadow. G Michigan State University Press is a member of the Green Press Initiative and is committed to developing and encouraging ecologically responsible publishing practices. For more information about the Green Press Initiative and the use of recycled paper in book publishing, please visit www.greenpressinitiative.org. This book was written with the memory of all the animals who have been my companions over the past seventy years, beginning with my Rhodesian Ridgeback, Zimba, in 1941. ...