Tag Archive for 'Grinding tool'

Five pebbles from Dzudzuana Cave, Georgia. Image credit: Longo et al., doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0321262.

Archaeologists Find Traces of Indigo Dye on 34,000-Year-Old Grinding Tools from Georgia

Sep 2, 2025 by News Staff

Archaeologists from the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and elsewhere have found traces of indigotin — a blue secondary compound, also known as...

The footed grinding slab from the archaeological site of Oc Eo in Vietnam. Scale bar - 10 cm. Image credit: Wang et al., doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adh5517.

Archaeologists Find Grinding Stones with Traces of 2,000-Year-Old Curry in Vietnam

Jul 23, 2023 by News Staff

The global spice trade has played an essential role in world history. However, because of poor preservation conditions, archaeobotanical remains of spices...

This is an artist’s impression of Çatalhöyük. Image credit: Dan Lewandowski.

New Research Sheds Light on Foodways and Plant Processing at Neolithic Çatalhöyük

Jul 19, 2021 by News Staff

Archaeologists have analyzed a rich microbotanical assemblage from Çatalhöyük, a renowned archaeological site in central Anatolia, Turkey, best known...