The Excavations Of San Giovanni Di Ruoti: Volume Iii: The Faunal And Plant Remains (phoenix Supplementary Volumes)
by Michael MacKinnon /
2002 / English / PDF
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This third volume of The Excavations of San Giovanni di Ruoti
series deals with the social, economic, and environmental
information derived from the analysis of zooarchaeological and
palaeobotanical remains found at the fourth-century A.D. Italian
villa of San Giovanni di Ruoti. The four contributors use the
large collection of organic evidence obtained from the site,
including mammal and bird bones, shells, land snails, and plant
remains, to provide information on diet, food preparation,
economics, trade routes, taxation, local environment and climate,
agricultural economy, and animal husbandry. With both technical
analysis and an interpretive component, the contributors offer
various reconstructions of Roman life, often in combination with
quotations from ancient literary sources, allowing this work to
appeal to both the specialist and layperson alike. Written with a
thoroughness and attention to detail not often seen in
zooarchaeological work, this analysis represents an important
advance in the study of faunal and botanical data in Roman
archaeology in Italy, and will be an invaluable resource for all
environmental and classical archaeologists.
This third volume of The Excavations of San Giovanni di Ruoti
series deals with the social, economic, and environmental
information derived from the analysis of zooarchaeological and
palaeobotanical remains found at the fourth-century A.D. Italian
villa of San Giovanni di Ruoti. The four contributors use the
large collection of organic evidence obtained from the site,
including mammal and bird bones, shells, land snails, and plant
remains, to provide information on diet, food preparation,
economics, trade routes, taxation, local environment and climate,
agricultural economy, and animal husbandry. With both technical
analysis and an interpretive component, the contributors offer
various reconstructions of Roman life, often in combination with
quotations from ancient literary sources, allowing this work to
appeal to both the specialist and layperson alike. Written with a
thoroughness and attention to detail not often seen in
zooarchaeological work, this analysis represents an important
advance in the study of faunal and botanical data in Roman
archaeology in Italy, and will be an invaluable resource for all
environmental and classical archaeologists.
