Herbivorous livestock dung: formation,taphonomy, methods for identification,and archaeological significance |
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| Authors: | Ruth Shahack-Gross |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 52900, Israel;2. The Kimmel Center for Archaeological Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel;1. Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte und Archäologie des Mittelalters Abteilung für Ältere Urgeschichte und Quartärökologie, Eberhard-Karls Universität Tübingen, Schloss Hohentübingen, 72070 Tübingen, Germany;2. Centro Mixto UCM-ISCIII de Evolución y Comportamiento Humanos, Madrid, Spain;3. Departamento de Paleontología, Facultad Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain;1. Ephoreia of Palaeoanthropology-Speleology of Southern Greece, Ardittou 34b, 11636 Athens, Greece;2. The Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory for Archaeological Science, American School of Classical Studies, Souidias 54, 10676 Athens, Greece;3. Department of Archaeology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, Cape Town, South Africa;4. Institute of Human Origins, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, PO Box 872402, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-4101, USA;5. Centre for Archaeological Science, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia;6. Faculty of Science, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape 6031, South Africa;1. Kimmel Center for Archaeological Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel;2. Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada;3. Ephoreia of Paleoanthropology-Speleology of Southern Greece, Ardittou 34b, 11636 Athens, Greece;4. Dipartimento di Scienze dell''Antichitá, “Sapienza” Universitá di Roma, P. le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy;5. Institute of Archaeology, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel;1. Palaeolithic Hunter-Gatherer Societies Research Group, Universidad de La Laguna, Departamento de Prehistoria, Antropología e Historia Antigua, Campus de Guajara, La Laguna 38071, Tenerife, Spain;2. GEPEG – Research Group for Palaecological and Geoarchaeological Studies, Department of Prehistory, Ancient History and Archaeology, University of Barcelona, Montalegre, 6-8, 08001 Barcelona, Spain |
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| Abstract: | Herbivore livestock dung has been identified in archaeological sites around the world. Focusing on dung from the ubiquitous Old World herbivorous domesticates – sheep, goats and cattle – this review deals with the materials found within dung that have relevance to archaeology. The natural and anthropogenic/cultural taphonomic processes that affect the preservation and identification of livestock dung, and the archaeological information that can be extracted through detailed studies of the context and content of identified livestock dung in archaeological sites is modeled and discussed. |
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