Experimental barley flour production in 12,500-year-old rock-cut mortars in southwestern Asia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Eitam, David ^a   Kislev, Mordechai ^b   Karty, Adiel ^a   Bar Yosef, Ofer ^c  

^a Independent Researcher ^*  (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; BARLEY FLOUR; BREAD; CEREAL; CROP PRODUCTION; DEHULLING; FOOD PROCESSING; GRAIN; HARVEST; NEOLITHIC; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; ROCK; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; FLOUR; FOOD HANDLING; HISTORY; HORDEUM; MIDDLE EAST;

CROP PRODUCTION; FLOUR; FOOD HANDLING; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HORDEUM; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 84941985496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133306     Document Type: Article

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