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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: Duncan Head on Sep 17, 2020, 08:16 AM

Title: The first Phoenician wine press and the technology of plaster
Post by: Duncan Head on Sep 17, 2020, 08:16 AM
Summary at http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/59580

Original study at https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/phoenician-lime-for-phoenician-wine-iron-age-plaster-from-a-wine-press-at-tell-elburak-lebanon/2C1D1FFA859C0D9A32E79447D35F9FF6/core-reader
Title: Re: The first Phoenician wine press and the technology of plaster
Post by: Imperial Dave on Sep 17, 2020, 09:58 AM
a pet subject - busman's holiday of a sort  ;D
Title: Re: The first Phoenician wine press and the technology of plaster
Post by: Duncan Head on Sep 17, 2020, 10:41 AM
Wine, or plaster?
Title: Re: The first Phoenician wine press and the technology of plaster
Post by: Imperial Dave on Sep 17, 2020, 11:26 AM
wine!

used to make it in my job although not I hasten to add by treading on grapes in a vat with a few mates.....
Title: Re: The first Phoenician wine press and the technology of plaster
Post by: Erpingham on Sep 17, 2020, 11:42 AM
Quote from: Holly on Sep 17, 2020, 11:26 AM
wine!

used to make it in my job although not I hasten to add by treading on grapes in a vat with a few mates.....

Disappointing.  I'd built up this image of you as a secret plasterer. :)
Title: Re: The first Phoenician wine press and the technology of plaster
Post by: Imperial Dave on Sep 17, 2020, 11:57 AM
Quote from: Erpingham on Sep 17, 2020, 11:42 AM
Quote from: Holly on Sep 17, 2020, 11:26 AM
wine!

used to make it in my job although not I hasten to add by treading on grapes in a vat with a few mates.....

Disappointing.  I'd built up this image of you as a secret plasterer. :)

well, not quite as good but you should have seen me making ginger wine.......like something out of a horror movie...