#ancient trade
Judah Kingdom’s Elite Consumed Wine Enriched with Vanilla, Archaeologists Say | Sci-News.com
“Residues of vanilla attest to the great prestige of the wine and to the drinking habits of the elite residents of Jerusalem.”
“Vanilla had to be imported from the tropic environments of India or east Africa,” they said.
“Control over the spice trade routes connecting east and west has often been seen as a prime motivator for the Assyrian expansion to the southwest.”
“The identification of vanilla as one such exotic and prestigious product having been brought over by the desert caravans highlights the economic value of this trade.””
Traces of Aztec Dwelling Unearthed in Mexico City - Archaeology Magazine
“When the structure was built, it was situated in a residential and agricultural area on the border of two neighborhoods in Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire…They also found remains of channels and a jetty where farmers would have been able to load and unload goods from artificial crop lands constructed in shallow lake beds.”
Bedfordshire A428 dig: Evidence of Roman beer production found
“They said archaeobotanists, who specialise in the study of past human-plant interactions, had since identified that the charred spelt grains were left to germinate before being dried in a kiln.
"As large quantities of grains are only allowed to germinate when the aim is to produce malt - the first step in the brewing process - this strongly suggests the people living at the settlement were involved in beer production,” a Mola spokesperson said.“
Largest Aztec temple was decorated with over 100 starfish
“The last well-preserved layer of the temple was the one Ahuizotl ordered built in 1487. And that’s where archaeologists discovered the galaxy of starfish that the Aztec priests had once offered to Huitzilopochtli.”
Longstanding Mystery Surrounding the Origins of a 30,000-Year-Old Figurine Is Solved
“This sheds light on the origins of this Paleolithic era sculpture, and how people moved across landscapes during ancient times.”
