Publication details
Thirty thousand-year-old flour: New evidence of plant food processing in the Upper Paleolithic
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| Year of publication | 2010 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci |
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| Citation | |
| web | https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1006993107 |
| Doi | https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1006993107 |
| Field | Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology |
| Keywords | grindstones - plant diet - starch grains |
| Description | We present evidence of starch grains from various wild plants on the surfaces of grinding tools at the sites of Bilancino II (Italy), Kostenki 16-Uglyanka (Russia), and Pavlov VI (Czech Republic). The three sites suggest that vegetal food processing was a common practice in Europe from at least 30,000 years ago. |