The role of zooarchaeology in the study of the western Roman Empire
By: edited by Martyn G. Allen, with contributions by M. G. Allen [and fourteen others]
Series: Journal of Roman Archaeology. JRA Supplementary series -- no. 107; International Roman Archaeology Conference series; Journal of Roman archaeology -- no. 107.; International Roman Archaeology Conference series
Publisher: Journal of Roman Archaeology
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9780999458617
Copyright date: 2019
Subjects: Animal remains (Archaeology); Antiquities; Civilization; Roman Antiquities
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Zooarchaeology and the study of the Western Roman Empire: prologue and acknowledgements / Martyn G. Allen; title: From the appendix to integration? A review of the contribution of zooarchaeology to Romano-British studies since 1970 / Mark Maltby; title: Regional factors in the production and consumption of cattle, sheep, goats and pigs in Roman Britain / Anthony C. King; title: Think global, act local: regionalism and the supply of meat to the Roman army / Sabine Deschler-Erb and Maaike Groot; title: Harvested pigs and hunted prey: 'Romanization' and zooarchaeological trends in the Mediterranean region / Michael MacKinnon; title: The exploitation and mobility of exotic animals: zooarchaeological evidence from Rome / Jacopo De Grossi Mazzorin and Claudia Minniti; title: Diana and the deer:  the movement of mythology and medicine / Holly Miller, Naomi Sykes and Christopher Ward; title: The tell-tale hearth: burnt offerings and private sacrifice in Pompeii / Rachel Hesse; title: What's in the well? A zooarchaeological perspective on possible ritual activities at Cetamura del Chianti / Chiara Corbino, Ornella Fonzo and Nancy T. de Grummond; title: Feasting and social change across the Iron Age/Romano-British transition / Martyn G. Allen.