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Stonehenge Riverside Project 2008

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nigelswift Sep 9, 2008 10:30:20

Replying to jimit

"Speculation is that they were fed a very sweet diet to fatten them up for the sport and feasting."

Fascinating.
Some research says farmers were less healthy and lived less long than hunters. http://www.beyondveg.com/nicholson-w/angel-1984/angel-1984-1a.shtml
I wonder if eating fat pigs rather than wild lean ones might be a factor?

So what did they feed the piggies on to get them like that?

Stoneshifter Sep 9, 2008 17:44:06

Replying to nigelswift

Perhaps, if the pigs are from the Beaker period, then they may have been fed on spent mash grains. This is like the residue from making beer - and I doubt the process was very efficient then. Of course, there are other agents which rot teeth other than sugar. The only pigpen I know is that one in the Grateful Dead .