Bronze Age “microbrewery” uncovered
Bronze Age “microbrewery” uncovered
Nov 29, 2012 6
(TheDrinksBusiness) - Archaeologists working in western Cyprus have uncovered a Bronze Age “microbrewery”.
Bronze Age microbrewery uncoveredThe team excavated a mud-plaster domed structure, which it says was used as a kiln to dry malt and make beer 3,500 years ago.
The discovery also included “juglets”, which the team thinks would have been used to help created beers of different flavours.
The excavation is taking place at the Early-Middle Bronze Age settlement of Kissonerga-Skalia, near Paphos.
Dr Lindy Crewe, from the University of Manchester who has led the excavation since 2007, said: “Archaeologists believe beer drinking was an important part of society from the Neolithic onwards and may have even been the main reason that people began to cultivate grain in the first place.
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