Posted on 09/19/2022 5:57:05 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Abu Hureyra is an archaeological site that was occupied for thousands of years, spanning the transition from hunting and gathering to farming and herding. While a large body of research has explored this transition across many archaeological sites, much remains to be determined about the specific timeline, including the full range of early animal management practices that may have preceded large-scale herding.
To shed new light, Smith and colleagues turned to ancient animal dung. Specifically, they analyzed the presence of dung spherulites—tiny calcium carbonate clumps found in the dung of animals—at Abu Hureyra, and considered this evidence alongside other archaeological, archaeobotanical, and zooarchaeological evidence.
Their analysis suggests that people who occupied Abu Hureyra between 12,800 and 12,300 years ago (during the Epipaleolithic period) burned dung as fuel and may have held animals, possibly sheep, immediately outside their dwellings. Later, the evidence suggests, Neolithic occupants continued to use dung as fuel and also used it to prepare plaster floors. A subsequent drop in spherulite levels at the site may correspond with the rise of larger-scale herding of animals farther away from dwellings.
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There is a joke in this article. I am not going tnere.
More BS
...a large body of research has explored this transition across many archaeological sites...
Can you imagine (a completely different life experience)?
Man in bar: “Actually, I’m an archeologist.”
Woman in bar: “That’s fascinating! What do you study?”
Man in bar: “Ummm…”
I picked up an epipaleolithic infection once, when I was in the service, and, uh, wait, epi-somethin’ else I guess.
Since you’re into poop tonight...
It’s Monday Manure Night!
Oh dear sweet baby cthulhu, I am glad I live now.
Coprolites rooool!
Interesting era, Interesting article.
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