Naslov
Food, farming and trade on the Danube frontier: plant remains from Roman Aelia Mursa (Osijek, Croatia)

Autori
Reed, Kelly ; Leleković, Tino ; Lodwick, Lisa ; Fenwick, Rhona ; Pelling, Ruth ; Kroll, Helmut

Izvornik
Vegetation history and archaeobotany (0939-6314) 2021 (2021); 1-10

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Luxury food, Exotics, Archaeobotany, Roman military, Roman colony

Sažetak
Archaeobotanical investigations at the Roman town of Aelia Mursa, located near the Danube frontier in modern day Croatia, have revealed an extraordinary assemblage of food remains from a series of pits dated to the early 2nd century ad. The site yielded a wide array of economically important food remains, including staples such as Hordeum (barley), Panicum miliaceum (broomcorn millet), Triticum aestivum (bread wheat), Secale cereale (rye), Lens culinaris (lentil) and Vicia faba (broad bean). We also found a range of fruits, nuts, herbs and vegetables, such as Daucus carota (carrot), Cichorium intybus (chicory), Allium sativum (garlic), Ficus carica (fig), Vitis vinifera (grape) and Olea europaea (olive). Further, we found clearly identifiable remains of eggshell, fish bones and scales, unidentifiable fruit flesh and porridge or bread remains, as well as possible animal dung.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Interdisciplinarne prirodne znanosti, Povijest, Arheologija, Interdisciplinarne humanističke znanosti

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