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DOI	10.1179/1461410313Z.00000000020
	Animal dung from arid environments and archaeobotanical methodologies for its analysis: An example from animal burials of the Predynastic elite cemetery HK6 at Hierakonpolis, Egypt
	Marinova, Elena; Ryan, Philippa; Van Neer, Wim; Friedman, Renee
通讯作者	Marinova, E (corresponding author), Univ Leuven, Ctr Archaeol Sci, Celestijnenlaan 200E,Bus 2408, B-3001 Louvain, Belgium.
来源期刊	ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY
ISSN	1461-4103
EISSN	1749-6314
出版年	2013
卷号	18 期号:1 页码:58-71
英文摘要	Bioarchaeological studies of animal dung from arid environments provide valuable information on various aspects of life in ancient societies relating to land use and environmental change, and from the Neolithic onwards to the animal husbandry and the use of animals as markers of status and wealth. In this study we present the archaeobotanical analysis of animal gut contents from burials in the elite Predynastic cemetery HK6 at Hierakonpolis, Upper Egypt. The study involved analysis of plant macrofossils, phytoliths and pollen applied on samples from two elephants, a hartebeest, an aurochs and five domestic cattle. The study showed that most probably the elephants were given fodder containing emmer spikelets (dehusking by-products) before the animals death. Most of the other animals were also foddered with cereal chaff, but were mainly allowed to browse and graze in the settlement area and near the Nile. The diet of some contained only wild growing plants. The variety of plant remains identified in the stomach contents indicates that the food plants for the animals were obtained from three possible habitats near the site: the river banks, the low desert and the cultivated/anthropogenically modified areas.
英文关键词	Plant macrofossils Phytoliths Fodder Animal feeding Bioarchaeology Predynastic Egypt
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	AHCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000318679000006
WOS类目	Archaeology ; Environmental Sciences ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS研究方向	Archaeology ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Geology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/361210
作者单位	[Marinova, Elena; Van Neer, Wim] Univ Leuven, Ctr Archaeol Sci, B-3001 Louvain, Belgium; [Ryan, Philippa] British Museum, Dept Conservat Sci Res, London WC1B 3DG, England; [Van Neer, Wim] Inst Royal Sci Nat Belgique, B-1040 Brussels, Belgium; [Friedman, Renee] British Museum, Dept Ancient Egypt & Sudan, London WC1B 3DG, England
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Marinova, Elena,Ryan, Philippa,Van Neer, Wim,et al. Animal dung from arid environments and archaeobotanical methodologies for its analysis: An example from animal burials of the Predynastic elite cemetery HK6 at Hierakonpolis, Egypt[J],2013,18(1):58-71.
APA	Marinova, Elena,Ryan, Philippa,Van Neer, Wim,&Friedman, Renee.(2013).Animal dung from arid environments and archaeobotanical methodologies for its analysis: An example from animal burials of the Predynastic elite cemetery HK6 at Hierakonpolis, Egypt.ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY,18(1),58-71.
MLA	Marinova, Elena,et al."Animal dung from arid environments and archaeobotanical methodologies for its analysis: An example from animal burials of the Predynastic elite cemetery HK6 at Hierakonpolis, Egypt".ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY 18.1(2013):58-71.