University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Papers
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
1984
Publication Source
Paléorient
Volume
10
Issue
2
Start Page
71
Last Page
79
DOI
10.3406/paleo.1984.941
Abstract
Modern plant use and garbage disposal practices in an Iranian village were observed in order to provide a framework for the interpretation of plant remains from ancient Malyan, a third millennium B.C. urban center in southern Iran. The ethnoarchaeological model suggested that many carbonized seeds originate in dung cake fuel. By applying this proposition to the archaeobotanical material from Malyan, it was possible to corroborate the evidence provided by the independent charcoal analysis for progressive deforestation during the third millennium.
Copyright/Permission Statement
© CNRS ÉDITIONS 1984
Recommended Citation
Miller, N. F. (1984). The Use of Dung as Fuel: An Ethnographic Example and an Archaeological Application. Paléorient, 10 (2), 71-79. http://dx.doi.org/10.3406/paleo.1984.941
Date Posted: 10 November 2016