The quarry and workshop of Barranco Cardones (Gran Canaria, Canary Islands): Basalt quern production using stone tools
Querns for grinding cereals were essential in the everyday life of the Pre-European population of the Island of Gran Canaria as their agriculture was based mainly on barley and wheat, cereals processed for the most part in the form of roasted flour. Rotary querns and other grinding stones, nonethele...
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Language: | English |
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University of Edinburgh
2016-09-01
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Series: | Journal of Lithic Studies |
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Online Access: | http://journals.ed.ac.uk/lithicstudies/article/view/1779 |