The Stone of Life (Hardcover)

This volume is about the archaeology of querns and mills, simple stone instruments which are vital to survival in a society which adopts bread as its staple. They become the 'stones of life', an essential ingredient in the subsistance strategy of settled agriculturalists. It might be expected that as querns and mills are commonplace in archaeology, they would be key artefacts, studied exhaustively. Alas, this is far from the case. They have been woefully neglected, although in the last decade there has been burgeoning interest throughout much of Europe and because of this it is timely to survey the subject, adopting a broad viewpoint.

General

Imprint:	The Highfield Press Southampton
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2013
First published:	November 2013
Authors:	David Peacock
Dimensions:	180 x 249 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	220
ISBN-13:	978-0-9926336-0-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > European archaeology > Medieval European archaeology
LSN:	0-9926336-0-5
Barcode:	9780992633608

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