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Animals in ritual and economy in a Roman frontier community : excavations in Tiel-Passewaaij
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ISBN: 9789089640222 9089640223 9786611988456 1281988456 9048502322 6611988459 9789048502325 Year: 2008 Volume: 12 Publisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press,

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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.


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Livestock for sale : animal husbandry in a Roman frontier zone : the case study of the civitas Batavorum
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ISBN: 9789462980808 9462980802 9789048530281 9048530288 Year: 2016 Publisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press,

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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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