Livestock for sale : animal husbandry in a Roman frontier zone : the case study of the civitas Batavorum /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
2016.
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| Series: | Amsterdam archaeological studies ;
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Table of Contents:
- 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.