Diet, hygiene and health in Roman period northern Gaul: A multidisciplinary study of a latrine from an artisan household in the vicus Orolaunum (Arlon, southern Belgium, c. 250–280 CE)

Deforce, Koen; Ledger, Marissa L.; Derreumaux, Marie; Goffette, Quentin; Henrotay, Denis; Pigière, Fabienne; Wouters, Wim; Mitchell, Piers D.

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“…During the last two decades in particular, many areas have seen large-scale, comprehensive research on charcoal-burning sites, involving systematic survey and excavation, as well as 14 C dating and palaeobotanical analysis of charcoal samples. These include studies in Germany (Nelle 2003, Ludemann 2012, Belgium and the Netherlands (Deforce et al 2013, Deforce and Draily 2019, Italy (Carrari et al 2017), France (Bonhote et al 2002), Poland (Rutkiewicz et al 2017, Rutkiewicz et al 2019) and elsewhere. In the Baltic states, the most extensive research has so far taken place in the Ropaži area of central Latvia (Guščika 2016, Guščika and Urtāns 2018, Kalējs 2020), focussing on the typology and chronology of charcoal-burning sites and the process of charcoal production, with analysis of the wood used for this purpose, identification of the source areas of the wood, etc.…”

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Historical charcoal-burning mounds in the Engure area, Latvia, and their significance for the history of forest exploitation

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The application of airborne laser scanning (LiDAR) has led to the discovery of numerous man-made mounds encircled by pits in the forests near Engure, north-western Latvia. Field survey revealed these to be historical features remaining from charcoal-burning in mound kilns. Archaeological excavation was undertaken at one of the features, along with analysis of recovered wood charcoal, dendrochronological and radiocarbon (14C) dating and archival research into documents relating to historical charcoal production in the area. All of the analysed charcoal samples are from Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.), the dominant tree species in this area. It is concluded that the large-scale charcoal production served the needs of the ironworks operating at Engure in the 17th–18th century. The study of the charcoal-burning mounds has permitted estimation of the source area and volume of the wood supplied for charcoal production, and the period during which it was undertaken. Wood harvesting on such a scale had a significant impact on the surrounding forests and also had some effect on subsequent forest growth in the area. These findings demonstrate that features of this kind deserve to be regarded as archaeological remains of considerable research potential. Keywords: Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, forest history, Scots pine, charcoal-burning mounds, charcoal kilns, wood charcoal

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Historical charcoal-burning mounds in the Engure area, Latvia, and their significance for the history of forest exploitation

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“…Among major novelties, especially for the Northern provinces, there is a delineation of social hierarchies, specifically the creation of a new social group of food consumers such as the military, administrators, and other townspeople (van der Veen, Livarda, and Hill 2008). New markets and the need of a long-distance trade and exchanges raised for satisfying the specific dietary habits and requests of the new consumer classes (Orengo and Livarda 2016;Deforce et al 2021). This on turn highly influenced the variety of animal and plant food processing and consumption and represented the most significant shift in the agriculture since the transition to farming (van der Veen, Livarda, and Hill 2008; Rizzetto, Crabtree, and Albarella 2017; Valenzuela-Lamas and Albarella 2017; Bosi et al 2020;Trentacoste et al 2021).…”

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The Roman Legacy on European Chestnut and Walnut Arboriculture

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Ulmke

Tinner

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The political and administrative unification process under the Roman Empire resulted not only in a progressive linguistic, religious, and cultural homogenisation of the concerned population, but also in the need of trade and exchanges for satisfying new dietary habits and markets. In this paper, we use palaeoecological pollen and macroremain records extracted from Neotoma online database and from scientific literature to analyse the contribution of the Romans in the distribution and cultivation history of Castanea sativa and Juglans regia, two tree species, which are usually considered highly connected with Romanisation. Our results highlight a substantial difference in the impact of the Romans on the history of the two species between the territories of the Western and Eastern Empire, where the Roman influence is much less evident. In the western territories, Juglans regia experienced a significant pre-Roman increase and spread, which was only partially intensified under Roman domination. Castanea sativa, on the contrary, benefited from a significant boost following the Roman conquest, especially in the mountain areas south of the Alps and in France. After the fall of the Roman Empire this led to the traditional medieval chestnut civilisation in which the chestnut tree became a main source of livelihood.

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The Environment and its Exploitation Along the Lower Scheldt River During the Roman Period (Wichelen, Belgium – Late 1st to 3rd Centuries AD)

Meylemans

Bastiaens²,

Bogemans

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Environmental Archaeology

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Diet, hygiene and health in Roman period northern Gaul: A multidisciplinary study of a latrine from an artisan household in the vicus Orolaunum (Arlon, southern Belgium, c. 250–280 CE)

Cited by 4 publications

References 49 publications

Historical charcoal-burning mounds in the Engure area, Latvia, and their significance for the history of forest exploitation

Historical charcoal-burning mounds in the Engure area, Latvia, and their significance for the history of forest exploitation

The Roman Legacy on European Chestnut and Walnut Arboriculture

The Environment and its Exploitation Along the Lower Scheldt River During the Roman Period (Wichelen, Belgium – Late 1st to 3rd Centuries AD)

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