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Livestock for sale : animal husbandry in a Roman frontier zone : the case study of the civitas Batavorum / Maaike Groot.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Groot, Maaike, author.
- Series:
- Amsterdam archaeological studies ; 24.
- Amsterdam archaeological studies ; 24
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Iron age--Netherlands--Rhine-Meuse Delta.
- Iron age.
- Mammal remains (Archaeology)--Netherlands--Rhine-Meuse Delta.
- Mammal remains (Archaeology).
- Animal culture--Netherlands--Rhine-Meuse Delta--History.
- Animal culture.
- Livestock--Netherlands--Rhine-Meuse Delta--History.
- Livestock.
- Batavi (Germanic people)--Commerce.
- Batavi (Germanic people).
- Romans--Food--Netherlands--Rhine-Meuse Delta.
- Romans.
- Rhine-Meuse Delta (Netherlands)--Antiquities.
- Rhine-Meuse Delta (Netherlands).
- Netherlands--Antiquities.
- Netherlands.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 254 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- 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
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Jun 2021).
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-250) and index.
- This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0https://www.aup.nl/en/publish/open-access
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed October 02 2025)
- ISBN:
- 1-003-69897-2
- 1-04-078175-6
- 90-485-3028-8
- 9781003698975
- OCLC:
- 1255232811
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