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The curing of hides and skins in European prehistory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

W. Groenman-van Waateringe ,
M. Kilian  and
H. van Londen
W. Groenman-van Waateringe
Affiliation:
Amsterdams Archeologisch Centrum/Instituut voor Prae-en Protohistorie (AAC/IPP), Nieuwe Prinsengracht 130, 1018 VZ Amsterdam, Netherlands. [email protected] [email protected]
M. Kilian
Affiliation:
The Netherlands Centre for Geo-Ecological Research, Department of Palynology and Paleo/actuo-Ecology, Kruislaan 318, 1098 SM Amsterdam, Netherlands
H. van Londen
Affiliation:
Amsterdams Archeologisch Centrum/Instituut voor Prae-en Protohistorie (AAC/IPP), Nieuwe Prinsengracht 130, 1018 VZ Amsterdam, Netherlands. [email protected] [email protected]
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Abstract

Leather, hide and fur were probably the preferred material for all kinds of equipment (tents, bags, pots and drinking vessels) and clothing in prehistory. It is therefore remarkable that our knowledge of this material is so restricted, and its survival even in suitable circumstances very limited. Palynological data and experimental methods attempt to explain this phenomenon.

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Icem anleatherpollenprehistoryEurope, smoke
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Antiquity , Volume 73 , Issue 282 , December 1999 , pp. 884 - 890
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1999

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