Untersuchungen zur Geflügelwirtschaft im Alten Orient

Die Geschichte der wirtschaftlichen Nutzung von Vögeln

This monograph studies the economic use of birds from the beginning to the domestication of some of them. Since when do humans hunt birds and how did they use them? The development of methods and significance of fowling and bird keeping are examined with a particular focus on economically relevant, especially fowl-like species.Different kinds of ancient Near Eastern evidence and source materials (archaezoological, archaeological and philological) are examined and compared to ancient Egyptian and Greco-Roman sources. The book is based on a revised habilitation thesis that was critically evaluated by experts of all relevant disciplines and topics. In its breadth and comprehensiveness, it is an unique work and will be the indispensable reference work on poultry in the Ancient Near East for many years to come.

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Elisabeth von der Osten-Sacken (1957) studierte Vorderasiatische Altertumskunde, Alte Geschichte und Assyriologie in München und Münster. 1989 Promotion in Vorderasiatischer Altertumskunde. Seit 1995 Lehrbeauftragte, 2007 Habilitation mit der vorliegenden Arbeit an der Philipps-Universität Marburg.