The materiality of dung: the manipulation of dung in Neolithic Mediterranean caves

This paper discusses the formation of layers of burnt herbivore dung in Neolithic, Eneolithic and Bronze Age Mediterranean caves. While these layers are clearly connected with transhumant pastoralism and the practice of keeping herds in the caves, their formation should not be seen as the result of...

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Main Author: Dimitrij Mlekuž
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts) 2009-12-01
Series:Documenta Praehistorica
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Online Access:https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/2045