This volume presents a zooarchaeological study of eleven
Gallo-Roman bone assemblages retrieved over the past fifteen years
from rescue excavations in Paris. The Roman occupation of Lutecia
is divided into four periods (1st c. BC - 4th c AD). The limits of
the antique city on the left bank of the Seine are situated within
the 5th and 6th districts of todays city of Paris. Only a
restricted area of the right bank is occupied. Two Necropolises are
known and are located at the south and south east of these limits.
Until now, no Iron-age occupation has been found under the Roman
city. Eight of the studied assemblages are habitat contexts, two
are located in dump areas of the city, and the last specialized in
ceramic production. The finds help to improve our understanding of
Gallo-Roman society while emphasizing the influence of the conquest
on native peoples. Considerable progress has been made towards a
more comprehensive understanding of the provisioning of urban
contexts, the hierarchy of food and the status of consumers. In
addition, light is shed on some aspects of butchery and meat
redistribution and the post-conquest orientation of agriculture.
This work increases the resolution of zooarchaeology in the
analysis of antique societies and these advances will further
increase the interest of classical archaeology in the collection
and study of animal bones.
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