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March 24, 2021

Bronze Age mining sites received deliveries of pre-processed foods

by [27]Public Library of Science
Bronze Age mining sites received deliveries of pre-processed foods The
Late Bronze Age metallurgical site of Prigglitz-Gasteil (Lower Austria)
during excavation. Credit: Peter Trebsche, University of Innsbruck

Bronze Age mining sites relied on outside sources to deliver
pre-processed food to sustain the community, according to a study
published March 24, 2021 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Andreas
Heiss of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and colleagues.

Bronze Age copper mining sites are thought to have been specialized
communities of craftspeople and miners that would not have produced
their own [28]food, instead requiring food to be provided by outside
sources. While some research has examined the animal-based foods common
to these communities, few studies have investigated [29]plants. In this
study, Heiss and colleagues contribute to this discussion with an
examination of plant remains from the mining [30]site of
Prigglitz-Gasteil in the Eastern Alps in Austria, which was active
between the 11th and 9th Century BCE.

The study identified a variety of cereal plant remains showing signs of
various forms of processing, such as grinding and dehulling, but little
evidence of plant remains discarded during processing, such as chaff,
or of tools used to process the material. This suggests that much of
the site's cereal food was being processed and possibly cooked off-site
before being delivered to the miners—and presents the idea of specific
groups' cuisine as an archaeobotanical topic worthy of further
consideration, beyond simple plant remains.
Bronze Age mining sites received deliveries of pre-processed foods
Charred finds of the most important cultivated crops from the Late
Bronze Age layers at Prigglitz-Gasteil. a) broomcorn millet (Panicum
miliaceum), b) foxtail millet (Setaria italica), c) lentil (cf. Lens
culinaris). Scale bar length: 1 mm. Images: OeAW-OeAI/S. Wiesinger (top
and middle row), A. G. Heiss (bottom row). Credit: Heiss et al, 2021,
PLOS ONE (CC-BY 4.0, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

These results were found to match analyses of other Bronze Age mining
sites of the Eastern Alps, but it remains unclear exactly where these
delivered foods were being originally processed, whether in nearby
farmlands or more distant sources. The authors hope that further study
on cereal plant remains and cooking tools at Prigglitz-Gasteil and
other sites will help archaeologists piece together the details of how
specialized sites were provided essential supplies.

The authors add: "Food is an artefact—just like an axe, a jug or a
table. By including such culinary artefacts into "classical"
archaeobotany, this study provides not only further evidence on the
consumption patterns in Bronze Age [31]mining, but also helps open the
door to prehistoric cuisine a little bit further."
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More information: Heiss AG, Jakobitsch T, Wiesinger S, Trebsche P
(2021) Dig out, Dig in! Plant-based diet at the Late Bronze Age copper
production site of Prigglitz-Gasteil (Lower Austria) and the relevance
of processed foodstuffs for the supply of Alpine Bronze Age miners.
PLoS ONE 16(3): e0248287. [33]doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248287
Journal information: [34]PLoS ONE
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