Innovation and Intensification: The Use of Cattle in the Roman Rhine Region

This paper examines the role of cattle in Roman economy acrossthe region river Rhine (the Netherlands, western and south-western Germany, eastern France, northern Switzerland). large marked frontier Empire. Taxonomic data (over 606,000 animal remains – cattle, sheep/goat pig) are considered, biometrical (nearly 15,000 bone measurements) analysed through log-ratio or LSI-technique, order to look at broad changes husbandry over time (from Late Iron Age period) across different regions. The results show central this region, context increased agricultural production urban demand for meat raw products, as well efforts put on improving intensifying husbandry.