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Pottery abrasion and the preparation of African grains

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Andrew Reid  and
Ruth Young
Andrew Reid
Affiliation:
(previously University of Botswana), Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 31–34 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PY, England, [email protected]
Ruth Young
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1DP, England
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Abstract

The lack of botanical remains from farming sites in Africa remains a serious archaeological problem. This paper discusses how the indirect evidence of pottery may help to evaluate grain farming in African archaeology.

Keywords

Africapotteryabrasiongrainplant remainscrop processingfood preparationNtusi
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Antiquity , Volume 74 , Issue 283 , March 2000 , pp. 101 - 111
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2000

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