tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100523271379006780.post2437882019653349878..comments2024-03-01T19:21:45.981+00:00Comments on ancient malt and ale : some sort of alcoholSamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06815653967372313451noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100523271379006780.post-20805037718463138102018-01-24T10:05:14.138+00:002018-01-24T10:05:14.138+00:00Thank you for this Martyn! I would not prevent any...Thank you for this Martyn! I would not prevent any campaign that brought back the completely reasonable idea that these bronze age drinking pots were used for the consumption of beer. Also some of the grooved ware pots. It is rather sad, for example, that the Achavanich Beaker has been downgraded recently. In the first pollen analysis by Moffatt the pollen residues were interpreted as the remains of a "cereal based alcoholic beverage" aka beer. Now it has been re analysed by Scott Timpany of the Orkney College and they say it's probably just background pollen. Merryn Dineleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01790657870013734205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100523271379006780.post-87755361403134902652018-01-17T15:09:58.157+00:002018-01-17T15:09:58.157+00:00I'd like to start a campaign to stop calling t...I'd like to start a campaign to stop calling the Beaker People "Beaker People" (it appears to be a false-friend mistranslation of the German "Becher") and start calling them the Mug People, thus emphasising the beeriness ...Martyn Cornellhttp://zythophile.co.uknoreply@blogger.com