This seems to imply that pigs were not turned loose in the forest in summer to brose for themselves to be slaughtered in the fall as in Medieval Britain
If I figure 8-10 people a pig, that's 200-250 people. Not a particularly large grouping, but I've also never heard any population estimations for um, ANY Mykenean metropolis.
The pigs were probably smaller than we are used to. But, yes, this would have been a very big deal for the Palace of Nestor people—if it was held before the sack-and-fire, that is...
This seems to imply that pigs were not turned loose in the forest in summer to brose for themselves to be slaughtered in the fall as in Medieval Britain
If I figure 8-10 people a pig, that's 200-250 people. Not a particularly large grouping, but I've also never heard any population estimations for um, ANY Mykenean metropolis.
elm
can't have been that many
The pigs were probably smaller than we are used to. But, yes, this would have been a very big deal for the Palace of Nestor people—if it was held before the sack-and-fire, that is...