Livestock for Sale : Animal Husbandry in a Roman Frontier Zone / Maaike Groot.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Series: Amsterdam Archaeological Studies ; 24Publisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (262 p.)Content type:- text
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- Animal culture -- Netherlands -- Rhine-Meuse Delta -- History
- Batavi (Germanic people) -- Commerce
- Iron age -- Netherlands -- Rhine-Meuse Delta
- Livestock -- Netherlands -- Rhine-Meuse Delta -- History
- Mammal remains (Archaeology) -- Netherlands -- Rhine-Meuse Delta
- Romans -- Food -- Netherlands -- Rhine-Meuse Delta
- Antiquity
- Archaeology
- Food Studies
- History, Art History, and Archaeology
- HISTORY / Europe / Western
- Roman archaeology, zooarchaeology, animal husbandry
- GN780.22.N4 G76 2016
- GN780.22.N4 G76 2016
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Frontmatter -- contents -- foreword -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Archaeological sites: background -- 3. Zooarchaeological background -- 4. Methods -- 5. Rural settlements: animal husbandry and consumption -- 6. Consumers: urban, military and temple sites -- 7. Interaction between producers and consumers -- 8. Final thoughts -- Bibliography -- Index
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The civitas Batavorum was a settlement on the north-western frontier of the Roman Empire, and it is now the site of numerous archaeological excavations. This book offers the most up-to-date look yet at what has been discovered, using the newest archaeological techniques, about the town and its economy, its military importance, and the religious and domestic buildings it held. It will be essential reading for anyone studying the economy of the Roman provincial countryside or the details of food supply for the Roman army and town.
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