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University of Texas: Roman-Era Mixers and Millstones Made With Geology in Mind
September 22, 2021
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 22 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release:

A study on stone tools from an outpost of the Roman Empire has found that for ancient bakers and millers, having the right tools was a matter of geology.

A team of geoscientists and archaeologists made the discovery by analyzing samples of the tools at a University of Texas at Austin geology lab, finding that dough mixing vats and millstones from Roman-era ruins of Volubilis, . . .

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