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This collection of essays explores the material culture and societal dynamics of the Roman frontier regions, highlighting issues such as food, fashion, and gender roles among both military and civilian populations. By examining archaeological findings and historical narratives, the contributors aim to fill gaps in our understanding of life at the edges of the Roman Empire, providing insights into local adaptations and intercultural interactions.
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T. Ivleva, J. de Bruin and M. Driessen (eds.), Embracing the provinces. Society and material culture of the Roman frontier regions. Essays in honour of Dr Carol van Driel-Murray, 2018
The subject of this contribution is a probable military site tucked away in a river bend in the Rhine delta, west of the Roman fort at De Meern – a site that has recently come to life again largely owing to Carol van Driel-Murray’s input and inspiration. Not only did her expertise of Roman military leatherwork provide high-resolution dating evidence, it also managed to revive the motley crew that populated and worked this micro-installation between c. AD 180–230. Perhaps most importantly, Carol’s out-of-the-box and precociously “post-colonial” way of looking at the Roman army has been crucial in helping us interpret the seemingly hybrid find assemblage of a site that sheds unexpected light on the functioning of the Lower Rhine limes in the Severan period.
The incorporation of the southern part of the Netherlands into the Roman Empire led to the introduction of customs, manners and ideas hitherto unknown or hardly known to the indigenous societies. Among the novelties were foods and culinary habits. An interesting question is how the local rural population reacted to the wave of change. The excavations that were carried out at Oss-Ussen provided an opportunity to study this subject. A combination of botanical, zoological and other evidence on eating and drinking shows that the culinary habits of the native farmers indeed underwent some changes, but that the new customs were not uniformly adopted by all the households. Moreover, the main part of the daily diet remained unchanged. A reflection on the reasons why people change their culinary habits seeks to offer an explanation for this.
LIVING AND DYING ON THE ROMAN FRONTIER AND BEYOND, 2024
in: H. van Enckevort, M. Driessen, E. Graafstal, T. Hazenberg, T. Ivleva & C. van Driel-Murray (eds) 2024, Living and dying on the Roman Frontier and beyond. Proceedings of the 25th International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies 3, Leiden, Sidestone Press (= Archeologische Berichten Nijmegen 11), pp. 441-450.
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