Stone Grinding Slabs
Flat stone implements used to grind wild cereals, seeds, pigments, medicines, and mineral powders.
Core metadata
- ID: stone_grinding_slabs
- Era: Ancient
- First known date: -21000 (millennium)
- Region: Ohalo II, Sea of Galilee, Israel
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: established
Prerequisites
Dependents
Fields
Field lanes
- Agriculture & Food Systems: Foundations
- Materials Science & Manufacturing: Foundations
Node sources
- New evidence for the processing of wild cereal grains at Ohalo II, a 23 000-year-old campsite on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, Israel (Antiquity / University of Haifa CRIS, 2012, primary_paper) • Supports: node, maturity
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 1
- Average edge confidence: 72%
- Prerequisite sources: 1
- primary_source: 1
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stone Tool Making (stone_tool_making) | historical_predecessor | 72% | primary_source | The Ohalo II grinding stone is a modified stone implement used for processing wild cereals, so earlier stone toolmaking is the relevant material predecessor. |
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