Some food offerings from Ur,excavated by sir leonard woolley,and previously unpublished |
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| Authors: | Rosemary Ellison Jane Renfrew Don Brothwell Nigel Seeley |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Western Asia, Institute of Archaeology, 31–34 Gordon Square, London WC1, England;2. Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton, England;3. Department of Human Environment, Institute of Archaeology, 31–34 Gordon Square, London WC1, England;4. Department of Conservation and Material Science, Institute of Archaeology, 31–34 Gordon Square, London WC1, England |
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| Abstract: | As a result of excavations at Ur by Woolley (1923–1934) food debris was recovered and is now reported on. Plant remains include chickpea, six-row barley, wheat, pea, dates, perforated crab apple rings and possible flat bread. Of special interest are the chickpeas which are among the earliest found in lowland Mesopotamia and the crab apple rings which have not been found before in ancient deposits in the Near East. Of the mammals, caprovids seem to have been most important as food offerings. The occurrence of tunny fish vertebrae was unexpected.The preliminary analysis of some inorganic residues is so far inconclusive although it is possible that one of the residues may originally have contained salt. |
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| Keywords: | Iraq Ur 2500 BC-500 BC Palaeoethnobotany Archaeozoology Food remains Chickpea 6-Row barley Wheat Pea Date Crab apple Bread Caprovid Tunny Inorganic residues |
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