Over 800 Charred Spelt Wheat Grains Recovered From Bronze Age Pit

A magnified view of some of the grains.
Over 800 spelt wheat grains from one pit.

We recently recovered over 800 charred spelt wheat grains from a single Bronze Age pit that we excavated on one of our sites in Scotland. The presence of the grains indicates that the site’s inhabitants had relied heavily on it to make bread – a staple of the Bronze Age diet.

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Archaeological Research Services Ltd
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