Re: France's earliest winery found

On Jul 13, 5:14 pm, Hayabusa <peregr...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:53:34 +0200, "Uwe Müller"



<uwemuel...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Do you really believe they could resist? Or do you think they were
just looking at it?

The vessels are containers for the consumption of liquids and many show
signs of use, not all. There have been two succesfull attempts at an
analysis of the residue of whatever was inside the container, when they were
buried. Both show a honey based drink. And even though pieces of massiliotic
amphorae are found regularly as far as northern France (maybe the upper
Danube), the actual numbers are surprisingly small. One amphora every ten or
fifteen years for a whole region dominated by a fortified residence would be
more than enough to account for all the finds in the more northern parts.
Their numbers increase of course with the decrease in distance.

Maybe it was of minor importance which alcoholic beverage was used, and wine
was only used every couple of years, and sparingly. As long as the
settlements were not excavated, the few surface finds could be interpreted
as being only a tiny part of what they once had imported. Large scale
excavations have not increased the numbers sufficiently.

Maybe they imported amphorae full of fish sauce and partied with mead and
beer?

I assume you are talking about the time of ca.600 BCE. Does the
pattern change with time as we get closer to Caesar's era?

Are there clues - eg. labels, or characteristic designes, or
decorations - on the amphoras that indicate which trade good was once
inside?

And is it known where the amphorae were made that were found in the
North ? I mean, the petrographic/geochemical data base of the original
clay is constantly improving.

Hayabusa

http://books.google.com/books?id=aXX2UcT_yw8C&pg=PA79&lpg=PA79&dq=massaliettes&source=web&ots=eqlbIgmXEd&sig=3FmCk2pJNhWu22y7U2Jsnix2iPw

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