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Pig Hunting and Husbandry in Prehistoric Italy: a Contribution to the Domestication Debate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 February 2014

Umberto Albarella ,
Antonio Tagliacozzo ,
Keith Dobney  and
Peter Rowley-Conwy
Umberto Albarella
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield, Northgate House, West Street, Sheffield S1 4ET, United Kingdom; u.albarella@sheffield.ac.uk
Antonio Tagliacozzo
Affiliation:
Soprintendenza al Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico L. Pigorini, Sezione di Paleontologia del Quaternario e Archeozoologia, Piazzale G. Marconi 14, 00144 Roma, Italy
Keith Dobney
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Durham, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
Peter Rowley-Conwy
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Durham, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
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Abstract

In this article the evidence of pig exploitation in the prehistory of the Italian peninsula and Sicily is presented. Though some differences in pig morphology seem to have existed between different parts of the country, a broadly consistent diachronic pattern of change has emerged. In the Mesolithic fairly small wild boars (with bones quite large in relation to the teeth) lived in Italy. For most of the Neolithic pigs of a similar size and shape could be found across the peninsula but signs that a few changes in systems of pig exploitation had started occurring can be found at several sites. This is interpreted as most probably indicating the beginning of a slow and gradual process of domestication of local animals. The hypothesis that early and middle Neolithic pig husbandry relied mainly on imported animals can be fairly confidently refuted. Sometime during the late Neolithic and/or the early Bronze Age, practices of pig husbandry seem to have changed throughout the country, and a much clearer separation appears between the wild and domestic populations. The average size of domestic pigs decreased, probably as a consequence of a closer confinement of domestic herds, but wild boar size seems to have increased, possibly as a consequence of climatic change or of a release in hunting pressure. Recent Italian wild boars (of the traditional Maremman type) are, however, as small as their Mesolithic counterparts, a possible indication that habitat fragmentation caused by human demographic pressure brought about a further change in wild boar size.

Résumé

On présente dans cet article la preuve de l'exploitation du porc dans la préhistoire de la péninsule italienne et en Sicile. Bien qu'il semble avoir existé certaines différences dans la morphologie des porcs entre les diverses régions du pays, on a vu apparaître un schéma d'évolution diachronique relativement consistant. Au mésolithique, d'assez petits sangliers (avec des os assez gros par rapport à leurs dents) vivaient en Italie. Pendant la plus grande partie du néolithique des porcs de taille et de forme semblables vivaient sur toute la péninsule, mais des signes de quelques changements dans les systèmes d'exploitation des porcs avaient commencé à apparaitre sur plusieurs sites. On interprète cela comme indiquant le plus probablement le début d'un procédé lent et graduel de domestication des animaux locaux. On peut réfuter, en toute confiance, l'hypothèse que l'élevage des porcs du début et du milieu du néolithique reposait surtout sur des animaux importés. A un moment quelconque, pendant la fin du néolithique et/ou au début de l'âge du bronze, les pratiques de l'élevage du porc semblent avoir changé à travers tout le pays, et une séparation beaucoup plus nette apparaît entre population sauvage et population domestique. La taille moyenne des porcs domestiques diminua, peut-être parce que les espèces domestiques étaient maintenues dans des espaces clos, mais la taille du sanglier semble avoir augmenté, peut-être à la suite d'un changement climatique ou d'une relâche de la pression des chasseurs. Les sangliers italiens actuels (de type traditionnel Maremman) sont cependant aussi petits que leurs congénères mésolithiques, une indication peut-être que la fragmentation de leur habitat, dûe à la pression démographique humaine, a apporté avec elle d'autres changements dans la taille du sanglier.

Zusammenfassung

In diesem Artikel wird der Nachweis für eine vorgeschichtliche Schweinenutzung auf der Italienischen Halbinsel und in Sizilien geliefert. Obwohl man einige Unterschiede in der Morphologie der Schweine in den verschiedenen Regionen Italiens feststellen kann, scheint ein allgemein konsistentes, diachrones Veränderungsmuster existiert zu haben. Dabei gab es während des Mesolithikums ziemlich kleine Wildschweine (sie hatten aber im Verhältnis zu ihren Hauern relativ große Knochen). Auch während des Neolithikums weisen die meisten Schweine ähnliche Ausmaße und Form auf der ganzen Italienischen Halbinsel auf, doch zeigen hier mehrere Fundstellen, dass es auch einige Veränderungen in der Schweinenutzung gegeben zu haben scheint. Diese Veränderungen stellen sehr wahrscheinlich den Beginn eines langsamen, graduellen Domestikationsprozesses lokaler Tiere dar. Die Hypothese, dass die früh- und mittelneolithische Schweinezucht sich vorwiegend auf importierte Tiere beschränkte, kann somit mit einiger Sicherheit widerlegt werden. Irgendwann scheinen sich die Praktiken der Schweinezucht im späten Neolithikum und/oder der frühen Bronzezeit landesweit verändert zu haben; dabei scheint es auch eine klarere Trennung zwischen Wild- und Haustieren gegeben zu haben. Es kann festgestellt werden, dass die Durchschnittsgröße der Hausschweine abnahm wahrscheinlich eine Folgeerscheinung einer engeren Hausherdenhaltung – wohingegen die Größe der Wildschweine zugenommen zu haben scheint – wahrscheinlich die Folge von klimatischen Veränderungen oder nachlassender Wildschweinjagd. Jedenfalls lassen sich die heutigen italienischen Wildschweine vom traditionellen Maremman Typus von ihren kleinen Ausmaßen mit ihren mesolithischen Pendants vergleichen. Dies kann wahrscheinlich als ein Indiz gewertet werden, dass durch die Zerstückelung ihres Lebensraumes, was wiederum durch Bevölkerungsdruck verursacht wurde, eine weitere Veränderung der Größe bei den Wildschweine aufgetreten ist.

Résumen

Este artículo presenta la evidencia existente para la explotación porcina durante la prehistoria de la Península italiana y de Sicilia. Aunque parecen haber existido algunas diferencias en la morfología del cerdo en distintas partes del país, se puede sin embargo distinguir un modelo generalmente consistente de cambio diacrónico. Durante el Mesolítico existió en Italia una población de jabalíes salvajes más bien pequeños (con huesos bastante grandes en relación al tamaño de los dientes). Durante la mayor parte del Neolítico el tamaño y forma del cerdo fue similar en toda la península, pero en varios yacimientos hay señales de que habían comenzado a darse algunos cambios en los sistemas de explotación porcina. Los autores interpretan esta evidencia como probablemente indicativa del comienzo de un proceso lento y gradual de domesticación de animales locales. La hipótesis de que en el Neolítico temprano y medio la cría de cerdos se basaba sobre todo en animales importados puede ser rechazada con seguridad. Las prácticas de cría de cerdo parecen haber cambiado en todo el país en algún momento del Neolítico Tardío y/o Primera Edad del Bronce, y puede verse una separación más clara entre poblaciones salvajes y domésticas. El tamaño medio del cerdo doméstico disminuye, probablemente como resultado de su mayor reclusión en piaras domésticas, mientras que el tamaño del jabalí salvaje parece haber aumentado, posiblemente como consecuencia de cambios climáticos o de la menor presión por parte de cazadores. El jabalí salvaje italiano reciente (del tradicional tipo Maremma) es, sin embargo, tan pequeño como su contraparte mesolítico, lo que indica posiblemente que la fragmentación de su hábitat a consecuencia de la presión demográfica humana ha causado un nuevo cambio en el tamaño del jabalí salvaje.

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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 72 , 2006 , pp. 193 - 227
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