New technologies for plant food processing in the Gravettian

• Authors: REVEDIN Anna; LONGO Laura; MARIOTTI LIPI Marta; MARCONI Emanuele; RONCHITELLI Annamaria; SVOBODA Jiří; ANICHINI Eva; GENNAI Matilde; ARANGUREN Biancamaria
• Year of publication: 2015
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Quaternary International
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2014.09.066
• Field: Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology
• Keywords: Gravettian; flour; grindstones; diet; starch
• Description: Plant resources in the Paleolithic is a project focused on the technologies for plant food processing as documented by use-wear traces and plant residue on grinding tools. This paper presents new data from two Gravettian pestles found at Grotta Paglicci (Italy) and Dolní Věstonice I (Czech Republic).