A first study of the millstones of the Greek Colony of Megara Hybkaea (Sicily)
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2019
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Chaigneau, Chloé
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Megara Hyblaea, one of the first Greek settlements in Sicily, has a large and diverse
assemblage of millstones: saddle querns, Olynthus mills, Morgantina mills, Delian mills, rotary
querns and possibly a Pompeian mill. This diversity of mill types is the result of the long
occupation of the site and the confluence in Sicily of Greek, Punic and Roman cultures and
a variety of food processing traditions.
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Anderson, T.J., Alonso, N. (eds), Tilting at Mills: The Archaeology and Geology of Mills and Milling. Revista d’Arqueologia de Ponent. Número Extra 4, 2019. ISBN: 9788491440291
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Revista d'arqueologia de Ponent, 2019, extra 4, p. 201-212