Grau-Sologestoa, I. and Castillo, J.A.Q. (2017) Peasant economy in Late Roman Alava: Zooarchaeology of Zomoztegi. Archaeofauna, 26. pp. 87-102. ISSN 1132-6891
Abstract
Zomoztegi is a rural settlement located in the Alava plateau (Basque Country, Spain), and it was occupied between the Bronze Age and the Late Middle Ages. During a recent archaeological project, a small settlement consisting of two dwellings dated to the 4 th -5 th centuries was found. The archaeological evidence suggests that this site was probably a small rural settlement dependent on a higher rural centre, perhaps a Roman villa. In this paper, the results of the analysis of the animal remains recovered in this chronological phase are shown. The faunal assemblage is one of the biggest analysed samples dated to the 4th-5 th centuries in the Basque Country. The taxonomic composition, the kill-off patterns, the butchery patterns, the body part frequencies and the biometric data constitute good evidence for understanding peasant economy during Late Roman times. Finally, the faunal evidence will be. discussed together with other types of archaeological records for analysing peasant activity in Late Roman Alava.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 Archaeofauna. |
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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: | 26 Jul 2017 09:17 |
Last Modified: | 26 Jul 2017 09:17 |
Published Version: | https://revistas.uam.es/archaeofauna/index |
Status: | Published |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:119479 |