Animals in ritual and economy in a Roman frontier community excavations in Tiel-Passewaaij

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 asse...

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Autor principal: Groot, Maaike (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press c2008.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Amsterdam archaeological studies ; 12.
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 271 pages) : illustrations, plans, maps; digital, PDF file(s)
Formato:Mode of access: internet via the World Wide Web.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-209).
ISBN:9781281988454
9786611988456
9789048502325
Acceso:Open Access