Livestock dung is a valuable material for reconstructing human and animal inter-relations
and activity within open areas and built environments. This paper examines the identification …

A key question in archaeobotany concerns the role of herbivore dung in contributing plant
remains to archaeobotanical assemblages. This issue has been discussed for at least 40 …

Despite the important role of livestock farming amongst Iron Age communities living in
mountain regions, there is little information about livestock management, and particularly …

This study examines the contribution of ethnoarchaeological and experimental research to
interdisciplinary approaches on the identification and taphonomy of livestock dung …

Iron Age combustion structures on the eastern Iberian Peninsula have traditionally been
analysed through the study of their morphological aspects and their association with …

Ancient faecal material is becoming a highly valuable more frequently investigated proxy
with which to address a wide range of research questions. With advancing scientific …

Since the implementation of herding in the Neolithic period, specialized areas for livestock
activities have emerged in the Western Mediterranean region, such as some caves and …

Plaster is a key technological innovation, manufactured and widely used during the Neolithic
across SW Asia. Pre-pottery Neolithic B (PPNB) site, Tell Abu Hureyra, 8600-6000 cal. BC …

The archaeological evidence from Cova Gran de Santa Linya suggests that during the Late
Neolithic and Early Bronze Age, the site was used as a livestock enclosure where the …

Over the last decades, micro-archaeological and ethnoarchaeological approaches have
demonstrated the importance of animal dung deposits for reconstructing past human …