Livestock husbandry in Islamic Cartama, Malaga, Spain: the micro and bioarchaeology of an open-air <i>Fumier</i> sequence.

ABSTRACT: Multidisciplinary micro- and bioarchaeological analyses of late medieval deposits from suburban Cártama, Málaga, Spain, have, for the first time, confidently identified open air fumier deposits, which are supported by preliminary analysis of the faunal assemblage. This demonstrates that Andalusi livestock husbandry practices included periodically burning animal dung within corrals and pens, which is a long-standing practice in the Mediterranean region also observed in prehistoric transhumance. These techniques have commonly been applied to prehistoric fumier or pastoral sites and now demonstrate the importance of expanding micro- and bioarchaeological work to fumier sequences from other periods. This research from Cártama offers a window into the so-called medieval "Gr

SUBMITTER: Banerjea RY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12634715 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature