Bea
Sillar wrote a very illuminating article on technological and social
aspects of the use of dung as fuel for ceramics:
Sillar, B, 2000. Dung by Preference: The choice of fuel as an example
of how Andean pottery production is embedded within wider technical,
social and economic practices, Archaeometry, 42(1), 43-60
Nic Dolby
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----- Original Message -----
From: Bea Hopkinson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, March 11, 2004 4:32 am
Subject: Re: fruits in animal dung
> Its interesting that the dung pellets were only charred - can you
> tell if
> they are
> totally consumed ? I am asking because I am interested in dug
> fuel in
> Mesopotamia and wondered what kind of heat would be generated from
> drieddung - presumably an even glowing heat rather than a raging fire?
>
> Bea
>
> On 3/10/04 1:14 AM Hans-Peter Stika writes:
>
> >Hi Susan,
> >
> >in the Middle and Late Bronze Age site of Fuente Alamo, Prov.
> Almerķa,>in southern Spain, I have found lots of charred
> sheep/goat pellets with
> >lots of seeds and leaves in it. I suggested that the dung was
> used for
> >fuel in that semi-arid landscape looking like a desert today. Most
> >frequently found in the droppings: seeds/fruits of Amaranthus,
> >Chenopodium, Malve, Plantago, and Phalaris. There are
> publications in
> >Spanish and German language with English summary:
>
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