Animals in ritual and economy in a Roman frontier community : excavations in Tiel-Passewaaij / Maaike Groot.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Groot, Maaike.

Series:

Amsterdam archaeological studies ; 12.

Amsterdam archaeological studies ; volume 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Romans--Netherlands--Tiel.

Romans.

Animals--Religious aspects.

Animals.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Netherlands--Tiel.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Tiel (Netherlands)--Antiquities, Roman.

Tiel (Netherlands).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 271 pages) : illustrations, plans, maps; digital, PDF file(s)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Excavations in Tiel-Passewaaij

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: internet via the World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

This new volume in the acclaimed Amsterdam Archaeological Studies series explores the roles of animals in a rural community in the civitas Batavorum in the 1st to 3rd centuries ad. Large-scale excavations of two settlements and a cremation cemetery in Tiel-Passewaaij have yielded an animal bone assemblage of around 30,000 fragments. The study compares data from both the settlements and the cemetery, assessing the role of livestock in the local economy and the production of surplus products for the Roman market. The author also investigates the use of animals in funerary and other rituals. The inclusion of a catalogue of special animal deposits makes it a valuable reference work for animal bone specialists. Amsterdam Archaeological Studies is a series devoted to the study of past human societies from the prehistory up into modern times, primarily based on the study of archaeological remains. The series will include excavation reports of modern fieldwork; studies of categories of material culture; and synthesising studies with broader images of past societies, thereby contributing to the theoretical and methodological debates in archaeology.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Animals and the economy of a rural community

3. Animals and ritual within a rural settlement

4. Animals in funerary ritual.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-209).

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 199 - 209).

ISBN:

9786611988456

9781281988454

1281988456

9789048502325

9048502322

OCLC:

437106813

Publisher Number:

https://doi.org/10.5117/9789089640222

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access