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.