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Tracking animals using strontium isotopes in teeth: the role of fallow deer (Dama dama) in Roman Britain.

Tracking animals using strontium isotopes in teeth: the role of fallow deer (Dama dama) in Roman Britain.
Tracking animals using strontium isotopes in teeth: the role of fallow deer (Dama dama) in Roman Britain.
Using strontium isotope measurements on the teeth of fallow deer found at Fishbourne, the authors argue that these elegant creatures were first introduced into Britain as a gift to the Romanised aristocracy. Kept and bred in a special enclosure at the palace, they provided more than a status symbol and gastronomic treat: the fallow deer was an emblem of Empire.
Roman Empire, Britannia, animal husbandry, fallow deer, Dama dama, park, strontium isotopes
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948-959
Sykes, Naomi
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White, Judith
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Hayes, Tina
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Palmer, Martin
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White, Judith
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Hayes, Tina
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Palmer, Martin
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Sykes, Naomi, White, Judith, Hayes, Tina and Palmer, Martin (2006) Tracking animals using strontium isotopes in teeth: the role of fallow deer (Dama dama) in Roman Britain. Antiquity, 80 (310), 948-959.

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Using strontium isotope measurements on the teeth of fallow deer found at Fishbourne, the authors argue that these elegant creatures were first introduced into Britain as a gift to the Romanised aristocracy. Kept and bred in a special enclosure at the palace, they provided more than a status symbol and gastronomic treat: the fallow deer was an emblem of Empire.

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Published date: 2006
Keywords: Roman Empire, Britannia, animal husbandry, fallow deer, Dama dama, park, strontium isotopes
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Local EPrints ID: 41932
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/41932
ISSN: 0003-598X
PURE UUID: dadc724a-a284-42b9-a30c-a5d6002b6c9c

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Date deposited: 29 Nov 2006
Last modified: 08 Jan 2022 01:07

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Author: Naomi Sykes
Author: Judith White
Author: Tina Hayes
Author: Martin Palmer

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