Land Use and the Agrarian Economy in the Roman Dutch River Area

Groot, M.J.; Kooistra, L.I.

doi:10.11141/ia.27.5

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“…Augustan military campaigns saw the construction of the first Roman military camps in the Netherlands. The series of Roman forts and auxiliary camps constructed along the lower Rhine and in northern Germania inferior between 19 BC -AD 140 have been well studied (Cavallo et al 2008;Groot and Kooistra 2009;Kooistra 2009Kooistra , 2012Kooistra et al 2013) (Figure 1). The camps and their occupation history are traditionally divided into three periods: the first bases built between 19 BC-AD 40, the establishment of auxiliary camps from AD 40-70 and the timber forts built after the Batavian revolt of AD 69/70 (Cavallo et al 2008: 69).…”

Section: Soldiers In the Lower Rhine Delta And Germania Inferiormentioning

confidence: 99%

Same Taste, Different Place: Looking at the Consciousness of Food Origins in the Roman World

Rowan

2019

Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal

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While an enormous variety and quantity of foodstuffs were moved around the Roman Empire, the general population may not always have reflected upon or valued knowledge regarding the origin of their foodstuffs. This article looks at the methodological challenges associated with identifying a consciousness of food origins and connectivity, particularly in the non-elite. Sensory archaeology is used to demonstrate a degree of consciousness based on the physical experience of consumption and the mnemonic links forged between consumption, emotion, and memory. Focusing on the sensory experiences of non-native soldiers, archaeobotanical assemblages from Roman military sites in Germania inferior are used as case studies. The article concludes with a closer look at the frequently mentioned, yet not fully explored notion of a 'taste of home' in the ancient world and at what point a foodstuff no longer evoked a reflection upon its place of origin.

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Section: Soldiers In the Lower Rhine Delta And Germania Inferiormentioning

confidence: 99%

Same Taste, Different Place: Looking at the Consciousness of Food Origins in the Roman World

Rowan

2019

Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal

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“…Floodbasin is used for animal husbandry by settlements. These land-use assumptions are derived from Groot and Kooistra's (2009) assessment of land use at Tiel-Passewaaij. In randomly generated landscapes, areas of flood-basin and levee are generated with the number of cells for each landscape element determined by the value for parameters area-levee and area-floodbasin.…”

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confidence: 99%

Modelling Agricultural Strategies in the Dutch Roman Limes via Agent-Based Modelling (ROMFARMS)

Joyce

2019

Computational Social Sciences

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This chapter presents an agent-based model developed to investigate the impact on land and labour costs of different agricultural strategies that could have been undertaken in the Early and Middle Roman periods (12 BCE to 270 CE) in the Lower Rhine delta. A short description of the sub-processes in ROMFARMS to simulate settlement population dynamics, arable farming, animal husbandry and wood acquisition is provided. The results show that settlements in the Dutch limes zone during the Roman period were mostly limited by the relatively small labour pool available. Whilst not prevented outright by the availability of labour, the results show that only a small proportion of the total quantity of grain demanded by to military settlements, towns and vici can be supplied by local settlements. Two different possible scales of supply were envisaged with the results indicating that a macroregional supply network was more feasible in which all settlements in the Lower Rhine delta were involved in the supply of consumer-only settlements. Whilst several methodological issues were noted, ROMFARMS is presented as an innovative tool for Dutch Roman archaeology with good potential for further development.

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“…The famous excavation of the deserted Medieval village there also investigated aspects of a pre-Medieval settlement, and consequently the work became 125 Troubleyn et al (2009). 126 See Groot and Kooistra (2009) for an attempt to do just this in the Dutch River area.…”

Section: Bones In the Yorkshire Landscapementioning

confidence: 99%