Hermetic Cereal Storage in the Bronze Age
The present paper explores the possibility to better understand the function of pits through phytolith and starch analysis. A case study from the Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age settlement phase of Rotbav in southeastern Transylvania is discussed in detail. It appears that a large storage vessel ori...
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University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)
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The present paper explores the possibility to better understand the function of pits through phytolith and starch analysis. A case study from the Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age settlement phase of Rotbav in southeastern Transylvania is discussed in detail. It appears that a large storage vessel originally sealed with a bowl was kept in a pit filled with chaff or straw to preserve its contents.
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| spelling | doaj.art-d552f515e1ac4c889f9ddfe3f49598ee2023-01-18T09:23:32ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Documenta Praehistorica1408-967X1854-24922022-12-014910.4312/dp.49.1Hermetic Cereal Storage in the Bronze AgeLaura Dietrich0Oliver Dietrich1Julia Meister2German Archaeological Institute, Berlin, GermanyFree University of Berlin, GermanyJulius Maximilian University of Würzburg, Germany The present paper explores the possibility to better understand the function of pits through phytolith and starch analysis. A case study from the Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age settlement phase of Rotbav in southeastern Transylvania is discussed in detail. It appears that a large storage vessel originally sealed with a bowl was kept in a pit filled with chaff or straw to preserve its contents. https://journals.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/10472Bronze AgeTransylvaniafood storagephytoliths |
| spellingShingle | Laura Dietrich Oliver Dietrich Julia Meister Hermetic Cereal Storage in the Bronze Age Documenta Praehistorica Bronze Age Transylvania food storage phytoliths |
| title | Hermetic Cereal Storage in the Bronze Age |
| title_full | Hermetic Cereal Storage in the Bronze Age |
| title_fullStr | Hermetic Cereal Storage in the Bronze Age |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hermetic Cereal Storage in the Bronze Age |
| title_short | Hermetic Cereal Storage in the Bronze Age |
| title_sort | hermetic cereal storage in the bronze age |
| topic | Bronze Age Transylvania food storage phytoliths |
| url | https://journals.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/10472 |
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