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Archaeologist distinguish between true tea; & herbal infusions, like plants, bark, mushrooms, or spices boiled in water
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > During the neolithic, and before pottery, people could still boil plants. A common method included: Hearth heating with stonesWater was kept in animal skins, wooden bowls, bark containers, and heated stones dropped in to boil. Direct boiling in pottery occurred after.…
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Valued for its spices and vegetables. Pepper plants or capsicum produce non-pungent sweet bell pepper fruits
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Domestication of bell peppers (capsicum annuum) was primarlity in Mesoamerica, especially central-eastern Mexico, extending into northern central AmericaThe Valley of Mexico, Guerrero, Puebla, and Tamaulipas / Tehuacán Valleys early cultivations. Wild capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum (“chiltepin”) was used 8,000–10,000 years ago;…
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Onions have been domesticated for at least 5,000 to 7,000 years, with origins believed to be in Central Asia. Particularly in regions that are now Iran & Pakistan
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > The center of origin of onion (allium sativum), and its closest wild relative, allium longicuspis, is considered Central AsiaThough the name wild onion is applied to a number of species, including in Canada, Japan, and modern countries other. Allium sativum is…
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Domestic garlic (allium sativum l.) is undoubtedly one of the true joys of culinary life. It actually originates thousands of years ago, to around the neolithic time period
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Garlic has a origin from a wild progenitor: allium longicuspis, or a close relative, from central AsiaIt is a sterile cultigen, that does not reproduce sexually. And, has clonal lineages through cloves. Based on molecular and biochemical research, domesticated garlic was…
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Protected: sea-weed; or sea kelp
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Used for traditional medicine by Greeks, other European peoples, and Aboriginal Americans. Blackberry plants date to the neolithic, & are universal
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > During the neolithic era wild blackberries, rubus fruticosus, in Europe, and, Rubus ursinus in north America would have been understood by humans much the same way raspberries wereAs a seasonal, energy-rich, and multi-functional resource. However they had some distinctive traits that…
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Carrying both practical value and symbolic meaning, wild strawberries were likely interpreted as a rare, delicate, and seasonally fleeting food
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Unlike raspberries or blackberries, wild strawberries are small, soft, and highly perishable, so they were a “luxury” food in a forager’s seasonal cycle rather than a bulk storage staple They were a sign of early summer because they ripen earlier than…
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During the neolithic era the wild raspberry would have been understood by humans in a way that combined practical utility, seasonal awareness, & cultural meaning
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Both rubus idaeus, or the European red raspberry; and, rubus strigosus north American red raspberry would have been understood by humans in a way that combined practical utility, seasonal awareness, and cultural meaning. During the neolithic era, or 10,000 years ago…