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The mills of Pompeii

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

D. P. S. Peacock*
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton, Southampton s09 5NH

Extract

About half a century ago ANTIQUITY published the seminal papers of Cecil Curwen on querns. We now return to the theme of flour production and David Peacock uses a computer to analyse a major collection of rotary mills.

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Papers
Copyright
Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1989

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