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animal husbandry in a Roman frontier zone : the case study of the civitas Batavorum
1 online resource (vii, 254 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color).
"The civitas Botavorum is located on the northwestern frontier of the Roman empire. Following a long tradition of archaeological research, rescue archaeology has enormously increased the number of excavations in the last fifteen years. The quality of the data now available, particularly with regard to rural settlement, is excellent. This study investigates animal husbandry and food production. On the one hand, it uses zooarchaeological data to answer broader economic questions and to trace economic developments in a Roman frontier province. On the other hand, it is a regional synthesis and includes all zooarchaeological data for the region."--Page 4 of cover.
Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- 1.1.Framework, scope and research questions -- 1.2.The Dutch River Area in the Roman period -- 1.3.Economic networks and food provisioning -- 1.4.Farming in a market economy -- 2.Archaeological sites: background -- 2.1.Data and methods -- 2.2.Classification of sites -- 2.3.Site background -- 3.Zooarchaeological Background -- 3.1.Species proportions -- 3.2.Age and sex -- 3.3.Skeletal elements -- 3.4.Butchery -- 3.5.Biometrical analysis -- 4.Methods -- 4.1.Taphonomy -- 4.2.Species proportions -- 4.3.Mortality profiles -- 4.4.Skeletal elements -- 4.5.Butchery -- 4.6.Biometrical analysis -- 4.7.Archaeobotany -- 5.Rural Settlements: Animal Husbandry And Consumption -- 5.1.Farming in the Late Iron Age -- 5.2.Taphonomy -- 5.3.Species proportions -- 5.4.Exploitation of livestock -- 5.5.Skeletal element distribution -- 5.6.Butchery -- 5.7.Biometrical analysis -- 5.8.Arable farming -- 5.9.Discussion
Note continued: 6.Consumers: Urban, Military And Temple Sites -- 6.1.Taphonomy -- 6.2.Military sites -- 6.3.Urban/military sites -- 6.4.Urban sites -- 6.5.Temples -- 6.6.Discussion -- 7.Interaction Between Producers And Consumers -- 7.1.Species proportions -- 7.2.Exploitation of livestock -- 7.3.Skeletal elements: leather and joints of meat -- 7.4.Butchery -- 7.5.Biometrics -- 7.6.Archaeobotany -- 7.7.Discussion -- 8.Final Thoughts -- 8.1.Food supply -- 8.2.Changes in farming -- 8.3.Scale of production -- 8.4.What did the Romans do for us? Exploitation versus opportunity.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-250) and index.
Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2016