Plants' ability to take up silicon from the soil, accumulate it within their tissues and then
reincorporate it into the soil through litter creates an intricate network of feedback …

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 …

This new edition of the definitive work on doing paleoethnobotany brings the book up to date
by incorporating new methods and examples of research, while preserving the overall …

In this paper, we present a history of pastoralism in the ancient Near East from the Neolithic
through the Bronze Age. We describe the accretional development of pastoral technologies …

We analyze the processing of cereals and its role at Early Neolithic Göbekli Tepe,
southeastern Anatolia (10th/9th millennium BC), a site that has aroused much debate in …

Early plant use is seldom described in the archaeological record because of poor
preservation. We report the discovery of grass bedding used to create comfortable areas for …

The lakeshore site of La Marmotta is one of the most important Early Neolithic sites of
Mediterranean Europe. The site is famous for the exceptional preservation of organic …

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 …

Livestock dung is a valuable material in many rural communities worldwide. In our research
area, the site of Althiburos and its surroundings, now el Médéïna, in northwestern Tunisia …