New evidence from a Roman context in Belgium for fish sauce locally produced in northern Gaul
Fish remains from a mid-2nd century AD context at Tienen (Belgium) are believed to represent the remains of a fish sauce produced in northern Gaul. The observed species spectrum, the reconstructed sizes of the fish, and modern data on the abundance, geographical distribution and size of fish in the surf zone of the Belgian coast and in the estuary of the Scheldt basin, together indicate that the species present in the sauce were captured in the upper reaches of an estuary. Using similar reference data it was also possible to establish that the fish were caught during spring or early summer. Af... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2005 |
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Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
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Schlagwörter: | PALABRAS CLAVE: PERIODO ROMANO / BÉLGICA / SALSA DE PESCADO / CLUPEIDOS KEYWORDS: ROMAN PERIOD / BELGIUM / FISH SAUCE / CLUPEIDS / PERIODO ROMANO / CLUPEIDOS / ROMAN PERIOD |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26978734 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://revistas.uam.es/archaeofauna/article/view/7442 |
Fish remains from a mid-2nd century AD context at Tienen (Belgium) are believed to represent the remains of a fish sauce produced in northern Gaul. The observed species spectrum, the reconstructed sizes of the fish, and modern data on the abundance, geographical distribution and size of fish in the surf zone of the Belgian coast and in the estuary of the Scheldt basin, together indicate that the species present in the sauce were captured in the upper reaches of an estuary. Using similar reference data it was also possible to establish that the fish were caught during spring or early summer. After a discussion of the possible fish catching methods used in estuaries during Roman times, the assemblage from Tienen is compared to other Roman finds of locally produced fish sauce that have been reported thus far from sites in Great Britain and Belgium. ; Un conjunto de restos de peces procedente de un contexto del segundo siglo de nuestra era en Tienen (Bélgica) se interpreta como restos de una salsa de pescado producida en el norte de la Galia. El espectro de especies detectadas, las tallas inferidas de estos peces y los datos modernos sobre la abundancia, distribución geográfica y tamaño de los peces en la zona de mareas de la costa belga y en el estuario de la cuenca del Scheldt, indican que las especies presentes en esta salsa fueron capturadas en los márgenes superiores de un estuario. Utilizando información comparativa similar ha sido también posible establecer que los peces fueron capturados durante la primavera o principios del verano. Trás una valoración acerca de las posibles técnicas de captura de peces utlizadas en los estuarios durante época romana la muestra de Tienen se compara con otros hallazgos de época romana que se corresponden con producciones locales de salsas de pescado registradas hasta la fecha en yacimientos de la Gran Bretaña y Bélgica.