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Was the Cinta Senese Pig Already a Luxury Food in the Late Middle Ages? Ancient DNA and Archaeozoological Evidence from Central Italy.

Genes - 11 Jan 2020

Gabbianelli Federica, Alhaique Francesca, Romagnoli Giuseppe, Brancazi Luca, Piermartini Lavinia, Ottoni Claudio, Valentini Alessio, Chillemi Giovanni

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The Cinta senese is a pig breed, highly esteemed for its meat and derived products, characterized by a black coat with a typical white "belt" and documented by scant iconography, since the 13th-14th century in Italy. A piece of pottery showing a Cinta pig was found in the Graffignano castle (Northern Latium, Italy) dated 15th-16th centuries, spurring us to investigate the diet of the inhabitants. Ancient DNA...

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PMID: 31940807
DOI: 10.3390/genes11010085
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