The Excavations of San Giovanni di Ruoti : Volume III: The Faunal and Plant Remains.

Written with a thoroughness and attention to detail not often seen in zooarchaeological work, this analysis represents an important advance in the study of faunal and botanical data in Roman archaeology in Italy, and will be an invaluable resource for all environmental and classical archaeologists.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: MacKinnon, Michael
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2002.
Edición:3rd ed.
Colección:Phoenix Supplementary Volumes.
Temas:
Country homes > Italy > San Giovanni di Ruoti Site.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Italy > San Giovanni di Ruoti Site.
Fouilles (Archéologie) > Italie > San Giovanni di Ruoti (Site archéologique)
Country homes
Excavations (Archaeology)
San Giovanni di Ruoti Site (Italy)
San Giovanni di Ruoti (Italie : Site archéologique)
Italy > San Giovanni di Ruoti Site
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  • LIST OF TABLES
  • LIST OF FIGURES
  • PREFACE
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • 1. The Animal Bones
  • A. Introduction
  • B. Methods
  • 1. General recovery
  • 2. Recovery in middens
  • 3. Identifications
  • 4. Quantification
  • 5. Aging and sexing
  • 6. Measurements
  • 7. Taphonomic measures
  • 8. Butchery and meat weights
  • 9. Pathologies
  • C. Results
  • 1. General recovery and quantification
  • 2. Recovery and quantification in middens
  • 3. Taphonomy
  • 4. Cautionary notes
  • 5. Frequency of species
  • 6. Principal domesticated animals
  • 7. Other domesticated animals
  • 8. Wild mammals
  • 9. Other animals, except birds
  • 10. Butchery and meat cuts
  • 11. Diet
  • 12. Spatial patterning of bones
  • D. Discussion and Interpretations of the Faunal Sample
  • 1. UNID component
  • 2. ID component
  • 3. Butchery
  • 4. Preservation of meat
  • 5. Cooking and consumption
  • E. Conclusions
  • Appendix 1 Measurements of mammalian bones and teeth, arranged by taxon, part of skeleton, and period / phase
  • Appendix 2 M3 measurements from domestic and wild pigs from various archaeological sites
  • Appendix 3 Scientific nomenclature of mammalian taxa listed in this report
  • Appendix 4 A human foetus from a midden of Period 3B
  • 2. The Avian Remains
  • A. Domesticated bird species
  • 1. Gallus gallus, domestic fowl
  • 2. Anser anser, domesticated goose of greylag type
  • B. Wild bird species
  • 1. Notes on the avian aspects of the ecological background
  • 2. Site study
  • 3. Species notes
  • C. Summary
  • 3. Marine and Freshwater Shells
  • 4. Land Snails
  • A. Introduction
  • B. Methods
  • 1. General recovery
  • 2. Identifications and quantification
  • 3. Environmental reconstruction
  • C. Results and discussion
  • 1. General environmental reconstruction
  • 2. Rooms
  • 3. Food species
  • D. Conclusions
  • 5. Plant Remains.
  • A. Wood charcoal
  • 1. Methods
  • 2. Results
  • 3. Patterns in wood charcoal deposition
  • B. Charred seeds
  • 1. Methods of analysis
  • 2. Results and comments
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • INDEXES
  • Index of Rooms
  • Index of Features
  • Index of Literary Sources and Inscriptions
  • General Index.

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