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Ancient Technology

Acorn Bread in Iron Age of North-western Iberia, from Gathering to Baking

Author(s)
Estevo Amado Rodríguez 1,2 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2013/3
7th UK EA Conference Cardiff 2013
***Strabo's Geography is one of the main sources that archaeologists use for the study of the Castro Culture’s (Iron Age in north-western Iberia) customs on food and consumption. In his description, he affirms that during two thirds of the year, those mountaineers fed on the acorn...

A Picenian Warrior Who Lived in the Eight Century BC: A Hypothetical Reconstruction

Author(s)
Mauro Fiorentini 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2013/2

Various populations inhabited this territory from the tenth to the early third century BC, when the Roman army took control of it: the Laziali and Sabini in Lazio, the Etruscans and, from the fifth century, Celts in Toscana and Emilia Romagna, Umbri in Umbria and Picenians in Marche and Abruzzo. At the beginning of the Iron Age, and until the eighth century, we have evidence of other populations as well. The most ancient group being the Sub-Apenninical culture, which were Villanova and Proto-Villanovan populations that seem to have had towns in the Region Marche.

Drying Meat Today as During the Late Glacial Period

Author(s)
Edoardo Ratti 1 ✉,
Valeria Cosma 2
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2013/1
Western Europe during the Upper Palaeolithic, between 42,000 years ago and 12,000 years ago, was sparsely wooded, but later there was an increase in the percentage of specimens of birch, abies, fagus and tilia hosting wildlife similar to that already present during the Middle Palaeolithic. With the recent phase, starting from 24,000 years ago, humans in this territory become specialized...