Institut für Prähistorische Archäologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Fabeckstraße 23-25, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
Int J Paleopathol. 2023 Jun;41:22-31. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpp.2023.02.003. Epub 2023 Mar 7.
To investigate diachonic and regional trends in the occurrence of pathologies in cattle in the Iron Age and Roman Netherlands. A key objective is to investigate whether the intensification of cattle husbandry in the Roman period was associated with an increase in pathology.
The data set consists of 167 sites with a combined total of 127,373 individual specimens for cattle, sheep/goat, horse, and pig.
A quantitative approach was used, investigating the frequency of pathologies over time and per region. For cattle, pathology frequencies were also investigated per type. Several multi-period sites were considered in more detail.
Pathology frequencies increased during the Iron Age and Roman period. In cattle, joint pathology was most common, followed by dental pathology.
The overall frequency of pathology aligns with frequencies in other regions. Some pathological conditions in cattle can tentatively be linked to intensification, such as joint pathology at two sites in the Middle and Late Roman periods, an increase in dental pathology and trauma).
This review revealed diachronic trends and linked them to developments in animal husbandry and highlights the importance of recording and publishing pathological lesions.
The multi-causal origin of joint and dental pathology makes it difficult to relate them to the intensification of cattle husbandry.
It is hoped that this review will stimulate further paleopathological research globally, especially systematic studies into foot pathologies.
研究铁器时代和罗马尼德兰时期牛群病理学的偶发性和区域性趋势。主要目的是研究罗马时期牛群养殖的集约化是否与病理学的增加有关。
数据集由 167 个地点组成，共有 127373 头牛、绵羊/山羊、马和猪的个体标本。
采用定量方法，研究随时间和区域的病理学频率。对于牛，还按类型研究了病理学频率。对几个多时期的地点进行了更详细的研究。
病理学频率在铁器时代和罗马时期增加。在牛中，关节病最常见，其次是牙科病理学。
总体病理学频率与其他地区的频率一致。牛的一些病理状况可以暂时与集约化联系起来，例如中晚期罗马时期两个地点的关节病、牙科病理学和创伤的增加）。
本综述揭示了随时间变化的趋势，并将其与畜牧业的发展联系起来，强调了记录和公布病理损伤的重要性。
关节和牙科病理学的多因性起源使得将其与牛群养殖的集约化联系起来变得困难。
希望本综述能在全球范围内激发更多的古病理学研究，特别是对足部病理学的系统研究。
