Maids at the grindstone: A comparative study of New Kingdom Egypt grain grinders

[Summary] Grinding (or milling) grain was an important activity that took place in nearly every ancient Egyptian home. Grinding was necessary to process emmer or barley grain into flour, and thus was a key step in manufacturing bread, the most important food in ancient Egypt. Grinding in ancient E...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Elizabeth Lang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Edinburgh 2016-10-01
Series:Journal of Lithic Studies
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Online Access:http://journals.ed.ac.uk/lithicstudies/article/view/1462