دانلود کتاب Working Donkeys in 4th-3rd Millennium BC Mesopotamia: Insights from Modern Development Studies

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Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of figures
List of tables
Acknowledgements
Preface
1 Working donkeys then and now: approaches and contexts
1.1 A new approach to study of working animals in antiquity
1.2 Modern studies of working animals
2 Working animals in antiquity
2.1 The adoption of working animals in the Ancient Near East
2.2 Early history of donkeys in the Ancient Near East
2.3 Detecting working animals in the archaeological record
3 Donkeys versus cattle
3.1 Donkey and cattle behaviour and physiology
3.2 The poor man’s ox: working cows
4 Working-animal supply logistics
4.1 Breeding and supply of working animals
4.2 Donkey meat, hides, milk and dung
4.3 Hiring, lending and sharing
5 Training, husbandry and feeding
5.1 Working-animal training and husbandry
5.2 Grazing, fodder and feeding
6 Transport
6.1 Donkeys for short-distance transport
6.2 Other uses of working animals: an overview
6.3 Long-distance pack-donkey caravans
7 Rethinking animal ploughing
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Ard ploughing
7.3 Ploughing models and realities
8 Summing up: the way forward
8.1 Ox-ploughing models and the invisible donkey: lessons from modern studies
8.2 The way forward
Appendices
Appendix A: glossary
Appendix B: examples of modern sources
Bibliography
Index