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The beginnings of manuring in western Europe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

C. C. Bakels
C. C. Bakels*
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Instituut voor Prehistorie, Post Box 9515, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands
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The history of field manuring is poorly known. Domestic waste may have been used for this purpose from the Early Neolithic onwards. It is possible that the practice of collecting animal dung began with the introduction of the ard.

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Antiquity , Volume 71 , Issue 272 , June 1997 , pp. 442 - 445
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1997

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