Livestock for Sale: Animal Husbandry in a Roman Frontier Zone

Maaike Groot

Open Access Published by Amsterdam University Press 2016

Livestock for Sale

Animal Husbandry in a Roman Frontier Zone

Maaike Groot

Volume 24 in the series Amsterdam Archaeological Studies

https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048530281

Overview
Contents

About this book

This book offers the most up-to-date look yet at what has been discovered, using the newest archaeological techniques, about the civitas Batavorumand its economy, its military importance, and the religious and domestic buildings it held.

Author / Editor information

Groot Maaike :

Maaike Groot specialises in zooarchaeology and lectures at the Archaeological Centre of the VU University Amsterdam.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
foreword Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
1. Introduction Open Access Download PDF	1
2. Archaeological sites: background Open Access Download PDF	21
3. Zooarchaeological background Open Access Download PDF	57
4. Methods Open Access Download PDF	69
5. Rural settlements: animal husbandry and consumption Open Access Download PDF	81
6. Consumers: urban, military and temple sites Open Access Download PDF	145
7. Interaction between producers and consumers Open Access Download PDF	191
8. Final thoughts Open Access Download PDF	221
Bibliography Open Access Download PDF	229
Index Open Access Download PDF	251

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 262
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 5
- Coloured Illustrations: 14
Keywords: Roman archaeology; zooarchaeology; animal husbandry

eBook

Published: June 15, 2016
ISBN: 9789048530281