Environmental Archaeology 1 : Fodder : Archaeological, Historical and Ethnographic Studies

by: Charles, M. halstead, P. Jones, G.

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Fodder : Archaeological, Historical and Ethnographic Studies

Authors:Michael Charles, Paul Halstead, Glynis Jones, Association for environmental archaeology

Summary:Volume 1 of a periodical devoted to the study of human palaeoecology, this text discusses such topics as: the politics and palaeoecology of animal fodder in the North Atlantic region; pathways to stable manure; and the role of dental microwear analysis in reconstructing livestock diet in the past.

Series:
Environment Archaeology : The journal of Human Palaeoecology, 1

126 pages : illustrations ; 630 cm

Contents:
The archaeology of fodder : introduction / Michael Charles, Paul Halstead and Glynis Jones
The role of fodder in the farming system : a case study from Northern Jordan / Carol Palmer
Fodder crops and the "agricultural revolution" in England, 1700-1850 / Tom Williamson
European agriculture viewed bottom-side upwards : fodder- and forage-provision in a traditional Greek community / Hamish Forbes
Snapping up the unconsidered trifles : the use of agricultural residues in ancient Greek and Roman farming / Lin Foxhall
They did not live by grass alone : the politics and palaeoecology of animal fodder in the North Atlantic region / Tom Amorosi, Paul C. Buckland, Kevin J. Edwards, Ingrid Mainland, Tom H. McGovern, Jon P. Sadler and Peter Skidmore
The lamb's last supper : the role of dental microwear analysis in reconstructing livestock diet in the past / Ingrid L. Mainland
Beyond the barn beetles : difficulties in using some coleoptera as indicators of stored fodder / David Smith
Leafy hay : an ethnoarchaeological study in NW Greece / Paul Halstead and John Tierney with a contribution by Simon Butler and Ymke Mulder
Beech leaves and twigs used as winter fodder : examples from historic and prehistoric times / Jean Nicolas Haas, Sabine Karg and Peter Rasmussen
Winter- and spring-foddering of sheep/goat in the Bronze Age site of Fiavè-Carera, Northern Italy / Sabine Karg
Distinguishing food from fodder in the archaeological record / Glynis Jones
Fuel fodder and faeces : an ethnographic and botanical study of dung fuel use in central Anatolia / Seona Anderson and Fusün Ertug-Yaras
Fodder from dung : the recognition and interpretation of dung-derived plant material from archaeological sites / Michael Charles
Disentangling dung : pathways to stable manure / Allan Hall and Harry Kenward

Environmental Archaeology 1 : Fodder : Archaeological, Historical and Ethnographic Studies

by: Charles, M. halstead, P. Jones, G.

• ISBN-13: 9781900188609 / 978-1-900188-60-9
• ISBN-03: 1900188600 / 1-900188-60-0
• Oxbow Books, Oxford, 198

Price: 43,43 EURO

1 copy in stock