A Prehistoric Thirst for Craft Beer (IMAGE)

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A Prehistoric Thirst for Craft Beer

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This is the site location and artifacts analyzed. (A) The location of Raqefet Cave and three additional Natufian sites in Mt. Carmel; (B) field photos of the studied boulder mortars (BM1,2) and the location of BM3 on the cave floor (scale bar and arrow: 20 cm); (C) a functional reconstruction of the mortars: a boulder mortar used to store plants in a basket with a stone slab on top, and a bedrock mortar used for pounding and cooking plants and brewing beer.

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Credits to Elsevier, <i>Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports</i> Credits for photos: Dror Maayan; Graphic design: Anat Regev-Gisis

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