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Author Groot, Maaike, author

Title Livestock for sale : animal husbandry in a Roman frontier zone : the case study of the civitas Batavorum / Maaike Groot
Published Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2016
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Description 1 online resource (vii, 254 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Series Amsterdam archaeological studies ; 24
Amsterdam archaeological studies ; 24.
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
Summary "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
Analysis Roman archaeology, zooarchaeology, animal husbandry
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-250) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Iron age -- Netherlands -- Rhine-Meuse Delta
Romans -- Food -- Netherlands -- Rhine-Meuse Delta
Batavi (Germanic people) -- Commerce
Livestock -- Netherlands -- Rhine-Meuse Delta -- History
Animal culture -- Netherlands -- Rhine-Meuse Delta -- History
Mammal remains (Archaeology) -- Netherlands -- Rhine-Meuse Delta
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology.
Animal culture
Antiquities
Iron age
Livestock
Mammal remains (Archaeology)
Bataver
Nutztierhaltung
Nutztierzucht
Römerzeit
Iron age -- Netherlands -- Rhine-Meuse Delta.
Romans -- Food -- Netherlands -- Rhine-Meuse Delta.
Batavi (Germanic people) -- Commerce.
Livestock -- Netherlands -- Rhine-Meuse Delta -- History.
Animal culture -- Netherlands -- Rhine-Meuse Delta -- History.
Mammal remains (Archaeology) -- Netherlands -- Rhine-Meuse Delta.
SUBJECT Rhine-Meuse Delta (Netherlands) -- Antiquities
Netherlands -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090966
Subject Netherlands
Netherlands -- Rhine-Meuse Delta
Niederlande
Rhine-Meuse Delta (Netherlands) -- Antiquities.
Netherlands -- Antiquities.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789048530281
9048530288