Hi Jacqui,
I do not know a dung expert, but do you know this weird web resource?
http://www.scirpus.ca/dung/comparm.htm
It seems that it was provided by someone who is obviously a "dung
expert".
Yours
Christian
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Am 08.06.2009 um 13:52 schrieb Jacqui Mulville:
> Hello,
>
> There is alleged Neolithic goat dung at a site in Scotland, rather
> than sheep dung, does anyone know of a dung expert?
>
> The material is burnt and therefore the mucous membrane, used by
> modern biologists for DNA projects on hard to catch animals, is
> absent. I have some photos I can send to anyone who thinks they
> can help. In the UK Neolithic goats are rare so any IDs would be
> interesting.
>
> Yours
>
> Jacqui Mulville (PhD)
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