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Farming Strategies at Clachtoll Broch

by Gordon Sleight The broch in the wider landscape. The large-scale excavation of Clachtoll broch in north west Sutherland took place in 2017 and 2018 with intensive post-excavation analysis continuing for several years and culminating in the production of the full report in 2022 (Clachtoll: An Iron Age Broch Settlement in Assynt, North-West Scotland edited by Graeme Cavers and published by…

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AN INVESTIGATION OF THE DEMOSTICATION OF NIGERIA THROUGH PHYLOGENETIC, ARCHAEOBOTANICAL AND DNA ANALYSIS.

AN INVESTIGATION OF THE DEMOSTICATION OF NIGERIA THROUGH PHYLOGENETIC, ARCHAEOBOTANICAL AND DNA ANALYSIS.

RESEARCH PROJECT TOPIC ON AN INVESTIGATION OF THE DEMOSTICATION OF NIGERIA THROUGH PHYLOGENETIC, ARCHAEOBOTANICAL AND DNA ANALYSIS.

TABLE OF CONTENT

Title Page———i

Certification——–ii

Dedication———iii

Acknowledgement——-iv

Abstract ———vi

Table of Content——–vii

Chapter One

1.0 Introduction ——-1

1.1 Statement of Problem——4

1.2 Purpose of the Study——5

1.3 Significance of Study——8

1.4 Limitation——–9

1.…

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Early French had a taste for beer

New study unveils archaeobotanical evidence of beer brewing in Iron Age France

Evidence of beer making in Mediterranean France, as far back as the 5th century BC, has been unearthed by Laurent Bouby from the CNRS - Centre de Bio-Archeologie et d'Ecology in Montepellier, France, and colleagues. Their analyses at the Roquepertuse excavation site in Provence reveal the presence of poorly preserved barley grains suggesting germination, as well as equipment and other remains of deliberate malting in the home. Taken together, these findings suggest that, as well as regular wine making, the French had an early passion for beer brewing. The work has just been published online in Springer's journal Human Ecology.

To date, researchers had only found evidence of wine production in the region. Bouby and team analyzed three samples of sediment from excavations carried out in the 1990s. One sample was taken from the floor of a dwelling, close to a hearth and oven. The other two samples came from the contents of a ceramic vessel and from a pit. There were carbonized plant remains in all three samples, dominated by barley. Read more.