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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lucinda Cameron

Researchers uncover Neolithic culinary traditions

Neolithic Britons cooked cereals, including wheat, in pots to make early forms of gruel and stew, new research has suggested.

Scientists made the discovery by carrying out chemical analysis of ancient and incredibly well-preserved pottery found in the waters surrounding small artificial islands called crannogs in Scotland.

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