The issue of sustainability, and the idea that economic growth and development might
destroy its own foundations, is one of the defining political problems of our era. This …

This book brings together experts from around the world to explore how sanitation affected
our ancestors. By its end, readers will realise that toilets were in use in ancient Mesopotamia …

The enhancement of crop yields through manuring has been attested since early farming
prehistory in many parts of the world. This article reviews the history of research into the …

This paper presents preliminary results from an ethnoarchaeological study of animal
husbandry in the modern village of Bestansur, situated in the lower Zagros Mountains of …

This article addresses the debate over the origin (s) of “background” artifacts found between
archaeological sites in Greek survey projects, within the general context of refuse disposal …

This paper has a twin methodological and interpretative focus. It presents the use of
geospatial technologies applied to archaeological surveying. We use the high-resolution …

Popular belief holds that throwing the contents of a chamber pot into the street was a
common occurrence during the early modern period. This book challenges this deeply …

The study presents nitrogen isotope data from prehistoric and Medieval charred cereal
grains and grains from modern experiments in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The results …

Rationale The application of fertilisers to crops can be monitored and assessed using stable
isotope ratios. However, the application of marine biofertilisers (eg, fish …

Abstract Recent excavations at Musselburgh, East Lothian (Scotland) revealed twelve
skeletons, radiocarbon dated to the Iron Age and Roman period. The high incidence of …