The traditional, historical and prehistoric use of ashes as an insecticide, with an experimental study on the insecticidal efficacy of washed ash

Environmental Archaeology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2002, Pages 13-22

  Hakbijl, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Ash; Ectoparasites; Experimentation; Inert dust; Insects; Ritual; Stored products protection

Indexed keywords

EID: 60949920305     PISSN: 14614103     EISSN: 17496314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/env.2002.7.1.13     Document Type: Article

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