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Pig domestication in ancient China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Yuan Jing  and
Rowan K. Flad
Yuan Jing
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology, CASS, 27 Wangfujing Street, Beijing, China. Yuanj0091@sina.com
Rowan K. Flad
Affiliation:
A148 Fowler Museum, University of California, Los Angeles CA 90024, USA. rflad@ucla.edu
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The pig appears to have been among the earliest domesticated animals in China, with evidence for pig domestication at Cishan from 8000 BP. The authors propose a model for the development of animal domestication.

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ChinaCishananimal domesticationNeolithicpig

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Antiquity , Volume 76 , Issue 293 , September 2002 , pp. 724 - 732
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2002

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