03482nam 2200745 a 450 991081152410332120240516133118.01-317-10111-11-315-59374-21-317-10110-31-280-57079-297866136003941-4094-4556-9(CKB)2670000000160110(EBL)870757(OCoLC)779161372(SSID)ssj0000612269(PQKBManifestationID)11407121(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000612269(PQKBWorkID)10673080(PQKB)10453904(Au-PeEL)EBL870757(CaPaEBR)ebr10535544(CaONFJC)MIL922642(Au-PeEL)EBL5293691(CaONFJC)MIL360039(MiAaPQ)EBC870757(MiAaPQ)EBC5293691(EXLCZ)99267000000016011020111108d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrManure matters[electronic resource] historical, archaeological and ethnographic perspectives /edited by Richard Jones1st ed.Farnham 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, PrehistoricAgriculture, Prehistoric.ManuresHistory.Archaeology.Ethnoarchaeology.Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric.630.9Jones Richard1969-1671487Jones Richard1969-1671487MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811524103321Manure matters4034078UNINA