Posted on 10/08/2024 1:42:35 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
A study on earthen pots from more than 4,000 years ago sheds new light on dietary habits and cooking techniques during the Harappan era. It was conducted by a team of researchers... They examined residues discovered in black and red pottery from Surkotada, a Harappan site in Gujarat's Kutch district that was occupied for approximately 400 years...
The analysis of lipid residues (fatty compounds) indicated that during the early stages of the settlement, the inhabitants most probably employed both boiling and frying techniques to prepare their food... the team discovered skeletal remains outside the fortified region of the Harappan-era settlement. The skeleton was found in a fetal position, and it is thought that the burial might have occurred during an earlier phase of the town's existence. Near the skeleton, six bowls of large black and red ware were found — four near the head and two near the knee. These six bowls underwent lipid residue analysis...
The initial hypothesis suggests that the pots contained plant-based food and marine food, such as shellfish.
Previous archaeological studies conducted in Gujarat have provided a rich picture of the diet and culinary practices of the Harappans — they had different pots for storage and cooking and their diet comprised both plant-based and animalbased diet.
According to another paper, presented at the conference by G S Abhayan, remains of 21 distinct fish species belonging to 13 different families were discovered at various Harappan-era archaeological sites in Gujarat, including Bagasra, Kanmer, Shikarpur, Navinal and Kotada Bhadli. Abhayan noted that the presence of fish remains at several inland sites suggests the existence of a well-organised transportation system for this perishable food item. The diet of the Harappan people included both marine and freshwater fish species, he added.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesofindia.indiatimes.com ...
Robinson mentions "a substantial inscription found at Dholavira near the coast of Kutch in 1990, which appears to have been a kind of sign board for the city." [p 295]Lost Languages: The Enigma Of The World's Undeciphered Scripts
by Andrew Robinson
Wow, nice typos, ‘Civ.
I wonder if they knew about eggs benedict?
So people cooked food during the Bronze Age? How much did this riveting study cost?
LOL! I had never heard of ‘Tom Mix metaphors’. Thanks.
Clay pots, no rivets...
Well, this one is in the subcontinent, and there’s that old poem about how east and west never meet, I just thought, how often does an opportunity to really screw around with language come by? :^)
Shhh…don’t give her any more ideas!
Well, considering that ancient Indus Valley cooking eventually evolved into one of the greatest cuisines in the world - and that Chicken Tikka Masala is the unofficial national dish of England - I guess East and West DO meet.
Little sign translated as:
Number of sauce packets depend upon size of meal ordered.
Harappan Happy Meals Include a Terracotta figurine or miniature cart.
Terracotta Toy Artefacts of Harappan Culture: A Medium of ...
Heritage: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology
Yeah, they had it going on. :^)
It almost had to happen, given the centuries-long state of English cooking. :^)
Now that isn’t really true!
Yorkshire pudding and Sticky Toffee pudding are wonderful inventions! not to mention well-done fish and chips......
Here's how our decendants will be able to read and speak! American English:
Note: the pyramid on page one is only as tall as a man, but there are hundreds to thousands scattered across America. A 5,000 year great-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-grandson need only find one to kick start a early-to-mid 1900s level of civilization.
Each pyramid has the microtext equivalent of about 30,000 print books and enclosed microscopes so that the text is in a human readable form of everything from smelting metals, to the horse collar and plow, to soap and sanitation, to art and culture, to the scientific method, to having a representative democracy and more!
It would be like Colonial America getting a time capsule from Atlantis!
Hope it is never needed.
Interesting, a good idea for a time capsule, probably very good idea if duplicates are stashed in a lot of different places.
I think so.
:^)
Heaven is where the police are British, the cooks are French, the mechanics German, the lovers Italian and it’s all organised by the Swiss.
Hell is where the chefs are British, the mechanics French, the lovers Swiss, the police German and it’s all organised by the Italians.
LOL! I used to have a German (originally Prussian) boss who said the same thing :-)
(My Grandmother used to always say that German wives were the best housekeepers; but that a German husband, if the place were burning, would save the livestock before his wife.)
You fry, boil, roast, bake, or eat it raw. Not many other options.
Why is this surprising?
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