MEST ALS BRON VOOR VERKOOLD PLANTAARDIG MATERIAAL UIT OPGRAVINGEN IN HET NABIJE OOSTEN. WAARNEMINGEN EN EXPERIMENTEN

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The origin of carbonized plant remains at archaeological sites in arid and semi-arid climate zones is discussed. Animal dung used as fuel is an important source of botanical information. In experiments with domestic animals the digestion rate of cultivated plants commonly found in ar­chaeological excavations have been meas­ured.