From Breeding to Eating: Images of Meat Production and Consumption in Pompeii

Bc. Barbora Ruffíni

Master's thesis

Abstract:

Hlavným cieľom tejto magisterskej práce bolo nadväzné predstavenie rôznych aspektov produkcie a konzumácie mäsa v období rímskeho cisárstva a jeho funkcia v každodennom živote rímskych občanov. Táto práca bola založená na vybraných ikonografických pamiatkach, akými boli predovšetkým funerálne reliéfy, nástenné maľby a mozaiky, ktoré boli následne konfrontované archeologickou evidenciou výrobných zariadení a nástrojov používaných v priestoroch predaja, spracovania a verejnej konzumácie mäsa, ale aj na primárnej a sekundárnej literatúre zaoberajúcej sa chovom zvierat, ich obetným charakterom, prípravou a konzumáciou ich mäsa. Práca vychádzala predovšetkým z Pompejí, keďže tie pre svoju podstatu poskytli veľmi dobre zachované archeologické doklady.

Abstract:

The main aim of the presented thesis was to introduce the various aspects of the meat production process and its consumption during the Roman Empire, and its role in everyday lives of Roman people. The research was primarily based on selected iconographic sources, such as funerary reliefs, wall paintings and mosaics, which were subsequently confronted with archaeological evidence of production establishments and tools used in the selling and processing areas as well as public consumption outlets. Primary and secondary literary sources dealing with animal breeding, their sacrificial nature, the preparation and consumption of their meat, were elaborated as well. The work was primarily based on the finds from Pompeii, as they provided very well-preserved archaeological evidence.

Keywords

živočíšna výroba, konzumácia mäsa, Pompeje, verejné stravovacie zariadenia, mäsiarčina, zvieracie obety, animal production, meat consumption, Pompeii, public eating establishments, butchery, animal sacrifices

Language used: English

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 9. 7. 2019

Thesis defence

• Date of defence: 11. 9. 2019
• Supervisor: Mgr. Ing. Monika Koróniová
• Reader: Mgr. Věra Klontza, Ph.D.

Masaryk University

Faculty of Arts

Master programme / field:
Archaeology / Classical Archaeology