Neolithic culinary traditions uncovered

University of Bristol ^ | September 6, 2022 | unattributed

[SunkenCiv]

Using chemical analysis of ancient, and incredibly well-preserved pottery found in the waters surrounding small artificial islands called crannogs in Scotland, the team were able to discern that cereals were cooked in pots and mixed with dairy products and occasionally meat, probably to create early forms of gruel and stew. They also discovered that the people visiting these crannogs used smaller pots to cook cereals with milk and larger pots for meat-based dishes...

Cereal cultivation in Britain dates back to around 4000 BCE was probably introduced by migrant farmers from continental Europe. This is evidenced by some, often sparse and sporadic, recovery of preserved cereal grains and other debris found at Neolithic sites.

At this time pottery was also introduced into Britain and there is widespread evidence for domesticated products like milk products in molecular lipid fingerprints extracted from the fabric of these pots. However, with exception for millet, it has not yet been possible to detect molecular traces of accompanying cereals in these lipid signatures, although these went on to become a major staple that dominates the global subsistence economy today...

The findings indicate that wheat was being cooked in pots, despite the fact that the limited evidence from charred plant parts in this region of Atlantic Scotland points mainly to barley.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Ok

[SunkenCiv]

• Prehistoric humans ate bone marrow like canned soup 400,000 years ago... [10/18/2019]

[Mogger]

I'm no Bible thumper, but this BCE nonsense pisses me off.

The pettiness and intolerance of the "educated" people who use this instead of "BC" is insane.