Livestock for sale : animal husbandry in a Roman frontier zone : the case study of the civitas Batavorum /
"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 re...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
2016.
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Colección: | Amsterdam archaeological studies ;
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.