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

Naomi Sykes, Judith White, Tina E. Hayes, Martin R. Palmer

• 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.