Author:
Bull I. D.,Simpson I. A.,van Bergen P. F.,Evershed R. P.
Abstract
The detection of manuring in antiquity can provide important information concerning the agricultural and waste disposal practices of ancient communities. Faecal biomarkers provide a reliable and highly diagnostic method for detecting ancient faecal inputs to soils irrespective of any morphological remnants of manuring.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
General Arts and Humanities,Archeology
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