Mills have played an essential part in the processing of cereals used in a number of culinary preparations such as gruel, pancakes, or leavened bread. Millstones constitute first class archaeological evidence for the characterization of the major types of mills used between the end of the Iron Age and the beginning of the Middle Ages in Southern Gaul. Since they are widely present in archaeological sites, with many different shapes and various accomodations of drive mechanisms, they give us a vivid idea of the technical solutions contemplated during antiquity in order to increase productivity and/or the quality of grinding. The present work, including almost 700 drawings of millstones found in more than one hundred sites recently researched...
In recent decades, excavations of mills have multiplied in Europe, mainly due to the development of ...
Seen through a millstone. Geology and archaeology of quarries and mills. Bryggens Museum, Bergen, No...
The presence of rotative grindstones have been frequently reported in the ancient mines and métallur...
Mills have played an essential part in the processing of cereals used in a number of culinary prepar...
International audienceMillstones, as the centerpieces and the best preserved elements of mills, are ...
Millstones, as the centerpieces and the best preserved elements of mills, are characteristic of the ...
Millstones, as the centerpieces and the best preserved elements of mills, are characteristic of the ...
National audienceIn the Middle Ages, the use of hydraulic mills to grind ore produced original artif...
National audienceIn the Middle Ages, the use of hydraulic mills to grind ore produced original artif...
International audienceThe use of burrstone (a hard Tertiary silicified and recrystallised lacustrine...
International audienceThe excavation of the pars rustica at a large Roman villa in the late 1990s re...
Grâce à l étude de nombreuses meules rotatives issues de fouilles archéologiques menées ces dernière...
International audience125 whole and fragmented millstones associated with 309 small millstone flakes...
Le Vivarais recouvre une zone de transition entre monde rhodanien et montagne, zone encore en cours ...
Les meules, pièces maîtresses et les mieux conservées des moulins, sont emblématiques des questions ...
In recent decades, excavations of mills have multiplied in Europe, mainly due to the development of ...
Seen through a millstone. Geology and archaeology of quarries and mills. Bryggens Museum, Bergen, No...
The presence of rotative grindstones have been frequently reported in the ancient mines and métallur...
Mills have played an essential part in the processing of cereals used in a number of culinary prepar...
International audienceMillstones, as the centerpieces and the best preserved elements of mills, are ...
Millstones, as the centerpieces and the best preserved elements of mills, are characteristic of the ...
Millstones, as the centerpieces and the best preserved elements of mills, are characteristic of the ...
National audienceIn the Middle Ages, the use of hydraulic mills to grind ore produced original artif...
National audienceIn the Middle Ages, the use of hydraulic mills to grind ore produced original artif...
International audienceThe use of burrstone (a hard Tertiary silicified and recrystallised lacustrine...
International audienceThe excavation of the pars rustica at a large Roman villa in the late 1990s re...
Grâce à l étude de nombreuses meules rotatives issues de fouilles archéologiques menées ces dernière...
International audience125 whole and fragmented millstones associated with 309 small millstone flakes...
Le Vivarais recouvre une zone de transition entre monde rhodanien et montagne, zone encore en cours ...
Les meules, pièces maîtresses et les mieux conservées des moulins, sont emblématiques des questions ...
In recent decades, excavations of mills have multiplied in Europe, mainly due to the development of ...
Seen through a millstone. Geology and archaeology of quarries and mills. Bryggens Museum, Bergen, No...
The presence of rotative grindstones have been frequently reported in the ancient mines and métallur...