03494nam 2200757 a 450 991095555620332120251117080507.01-317-10111-11-315-59374-21-317-10110-31-280-57079-297866136003941-4094-4556-9(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(FINmELB)ELB161239(EXLCZ)99267000000016011020111108d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrManure matters 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 Richard1969-1873544Jones Richard1969-1873544MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910955556203321Manure matters4483649UNINA