foodways

Remains of a gunyah on Country. Credit: Michael Westaway A University of Queensland-led research team says the key to a more sustainable food future may be a better understanding of ancient Indigenous food production systems. Their ARC Discovery project "Testing the Dark Emu hypothesis" combines bioarchaeology, archaeobotany,…

Beveled rim bowls. Credit: University of Glasgow The world's first urban state societies developed in Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq, some 5,500 years ago. No other artifact type is more symbolic of this development than the so-called beveled rim bowl (BRB), the first mass produced ceramic bowl. BRB function and what food(s) these bowls…