Tag Archive for 'Wild barley'

6,000-year-old plant remains in Yoram Cave; note the excellent dry preservation of reeds, seeds and pellets. Image credit: Martin Mascher et al.

Researchers Sequence Genome of Ancient Barley

Jul 18, 2016 by News Staff

An international team of scientists has obtained and analyzed the genome of five barley grains that date back to the Chalcolithic period, about 6,000 years...

Top: map of Natufian sites with narrow and wide conical mortars in the Southern Levant. Bottom, from left to right: (i) almost peeled barley grain subsequent to the third shift of dehusking in the narrow conical mortar; (ii) grinding the dehusked grains to flour by intensive radial motion in a narrow conical mortar with a long wooden pestle; (iii) fine flour and some groats deposited in the adjacent cuphole, subsequent to the first shift of milling. Image credit: Eitam D et al.

Archaeologists Unravel Mystery of Paleolithic Rock-Cut Mortars Found throughout Levant

Aug 27, 2015 by News Staff

Using Paleolithic conical mortars carved into bedrock, a team of experimental archaeologists has reconstructed how the Natufian people – hunter-gatherers...