Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7451145 | Quaternary International | 2017 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
This article calls for a re-evaluation of the formation processes associated with archaeological examples of cesspits and for an integrated analysis of the different materials-ceramics, organics, etc.-that are present. These may have entered the cesspit at different times as a result of successive episodes of use and cleaning, resulting in different dates for the cesspit, all of which may be valid in defining its history. If artefacts and ecofacts are studied in isolation from the other materials in the cesspit without a full understanding of its formation and stratigraphy, the result may be quite misleading.
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Authors
Roos van Oosten,