03387nam 2200709 a 450 991046110260332120200520144314.01-317-10110-31-280-57079-297866136003941-4094-4556-9(CKB)2670000000160110(EBL)870757(OCoLC)779161372(SSID)ssj0000612269(PQKBManifestationID)11407121(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000612269(PQKBWorkID)10673080(PQKB)10453904(MiAaPQ)EBC870757(MiAaPQ)EBC5293691(Au-PeEL)EBL870757(CaPaEBR)ebr10535544(CaONFJC)MIL922642(Au-PeEL)EBL5293691(CaONFJC)MIL360039(EXLCZ)99267000000016011020111108d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrManure matters[electronic resource] historical, archaeological and ethnographic perspectives /edited by Richard JonesFarnham Surrey ;Burlington, Vt. Ashgate Pub. Co.c20121 online resource (262 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7546-6988-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Contributors; 1 Why Manure Matters; 2 Science and Practice: The Ecology of Manure in Historical Retrospect; 3 Middening and Manuring in Neolithic Europe; 4 (Re)cycles of Life in Late Bronze Age Southern Britain; 5 Organic Geochemical Signatures of Ancient Manure Use; 7 Manure and Middens in English Place-Names; 8 The Formation of Anthropogenic Soils Across Three Marginal Landscapes; 9 Zibl and Zira'a: Coming to Terms with Manure in Arab Agriculture; 10 Understanding Medieval Manure11 Lost Souls: Ethnographic Observations on Manuring Practices in a Mediterranean Community12 Manure, Soil and the Vedic Literature; Postscript; Bibliography; IndexIn pre-industrial societies in which the majority of the population lived directly off the land, few issues were more important than the maintenance of soil fertility. Manure really mattered, as without access to biodegradable wastes from production processes or to synthetic agrochemicals, early farmers continuously developed strategies aimed at adding nutritional value to their fields using locally available natural materials. In this book, international scholars working on social, cultural, and economic issues relating to past manure and manuring, use textual, linguistic, archaeological, sciAgriculture, PrehistoricManuresHistoryArchaeologyEthnoarchaeologyLand settlement patterns, PrehistoricElectronic books.Agriculture, Prehistoric.ManuresHistory.Archaeology.Ethnoarchaeology.Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric.630.9Jones Richard1969-993640MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461102603321Manure matters2275243UNINA