Diet in the Roman World: a regional inter-site comparison of the mammal bones
Anthony King
The aim of this paper is to set out the evidence for regional patterns in diet during the Roman period. It uses a specific sector of archaeological data to explore the notions of Romanization, inter-regional influence and diachronic change. That sector is the mammal bones in faunal assemblages from excavations: an area of data gathering that has only developed significantly since the 1970s, and is therefore relatively new in terms of yielding useful results.
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The Western Provinces in the Early Empire
Spain Provence Three Gauls Britain Germany, Raetia and Noricum The Danube and Balkan Provinces
Military Diet in the North-West Provinces
The Eastern and African Provinces
Greece Asia Minor Eastern Provinces Egypt and Cyrenaica North Africa: the Maghreb
Patterns of Diet in the Roman Empire
Late Roman Changes in Dietary Patterns
Acknowledgements
I am very grateful to Dr Fernanda Blasco Sancho for help in finding references to Spanish R oman bone assemblages, to Dr Gill Clark, Dr Umberto Albarella, Dr Sebastian Payne and Alison Locker for sending unpublished work relating to Italy, and to Dr David Reese for providing bibliographic details for Greece. Library searches were undertaken at the Institute of Classical Studies, University of London, the Institute of Archaeology, University College, London, and the British School at Rome. Additional material was obtained through King Alfred's College library. I am grateful to the staffs of all these institutions for their help and forbearance in dealing with a significant throughput of bibliographic usage.