Rizzetto, M., Crabtree, P.J. and Albarella, U. (2017) Livestock Changes at the Beginning and End of the Roman Period in Britain: Issues of Acculturation, Adaptation and ‘Improvement’. European Journal of Archaeology, 20 (3). pp. 535-556. ISSN 1461-9571
Abstract
This article reviews aspects of the development of animal husbandry in Roman Britain, focusing in particular on the Iron Age/Roman and Roman/early medieval transitions. By analysing the two chronological extremes of the period of Roman influence in Britain we try to identify the core characteristics of Romano-British husbandry by using case studies, in particular from south-eastern Britain, investigated from the perspective of the butchery and morphometric evidence they provide. Our aim is to demonstrate the great dynamism of Romano-British animal husbandry, with substantial changes in livestock management occurring at the beginning, the end, and during the period under study. It is suggested that such changes are the product of interactions between different cultural and social traditions, which can be associated with indigenous and external influences, but also numerous other causes, ranging from ethnic origins to environmental, geographic, political, and economic factors.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 European Association of Archaeologists. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in European Journal of Archaeology. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | zooarchaeology; animal husbandry; biometry; butchery; late Iron Age; Roman period; early Anglo-Saxon period |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > Department of Archaeology (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 01 Mar 2017 16:50 |
Last Modified: | 05 May 2020 13:48 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1017/eaa.2017.13 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/eaa.2017.13 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:112885 |
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