Dartmouth College: Dig Sheds New Light on Grain Cultivation in Mesopotamia
February 15, 2022
February 15, 2022
HANOVER, New Hampshire, Feb. 15 (TNSJou) -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release:
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Dung-rich sediment provides definitive evidence of millet farming in the region.
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In 2019, archaeologist Jesse Casana and Elise Laugier, Guarini '21, were conducting excavations in the remains of a 3,500-year-old city in Iraqi Kurdistan when they uncovered a "midden," aka a heap of refuse. For archaeologists, finding a midd . . .
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Dung-rich sediment provides definitive evidence of millet farming in the region.
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In 2019, archaeologist Jesse Casana and Elise Laugier, Guarini '21, were conducting excavations in the remains of a 3,500-year-old city in Iraqi Kurdistan when they uncovered a "midden," aka a heap of refuse. For archaeologists, finding a midd . . .