Toumba

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In

timber-framed mudbrick structures. They correspond to the Tell
sites found in the Near East.

For example, a Toumba near

granaries containing one of the largest accumulations of charred crops from Prehistoric Europe. Later levels revealed many aspects of domestic life at the period including storage jars, cooking hearths, pottery and weights from upright looms. A single burial had been inserted during a short period of abandonment.[1] Similarly, Toumbas in other parts of Macedonia have been found to contain fragments of processed cereal grains. These have been dated to 2100-1900 BC.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Wardle, K. A., 1989, “Excavations at Assiros Toumba 1988: A Preliminary Report,” The Annual of the British School at Athens, 84, 447-463. https://www.academia.edu/8968619/Assiros_Toumba_A_brief_history_of_the_settlement_K_A_Wardle_D_Wardle_Strymon_Praehistoricus_Sofia_2007
  2. ^ Soultana Maria Valamoti, June 2002, “Food remains from Bronze Age Archondiko and Mesimeriani Toumba in Northern Greece?” Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 11(1-2), 17-22.


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