If you read my last post, you’ll recall how I got excited about the impressive waterlogged remains of pressed grapes, hinting at agricultural change in 8th century Byzantine Italy. This … Read More “How fascinating is a buried soil?” »
Month: November 2012
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Those pondering how to reinvigorate the economy in 21st-century Britain may have been perusing the report recently published by Michael Heseltine. But I haven’t. I’ve been pondering how to reinvigorate … Read More “The unexpected interest of wet grapeskins” »
Origins of Agriculture
The answer: when it’s a socio-cultural strategy. OK, bear with me. Cast your mind back to a previous post about Neolithic farming in Britain. As you may recall, archaeobotanists Stevens … Read More “When is an agricultural strategy not an agricultural strategy?” »