Identifying ancient beer brewing through starch analysis: A methodology
| Autor: | Silu Tang, Madeleine H. Ota, Jiajing Wang, Li Liu, Mahpiya Vanderbilt, Vivienne V. Le, Andreea Georgescu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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010506 paleontology
Archeology 060102 archaeology Starch business.industry food and beverages 06 humanities and the arts 01 natural sciences Starch analysis Archaeological evidence Biotechnology chemistry.chemical_compound Geography chemistry Archaeological research Plant species Starch granule Brewing 0601 history and archaeology Domestication business 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 15:150-160 |
| ISSN: | 2352-409X |
| Popis: | As documented in written and artistic records, the production and consumption of beer played a significant role in the social, political, and economic activities of many ancient societies. However, direct archaeological evidence of beer making has been relatively sporadic. To address this gap, we need a better understanding of the microbotanical residues produced by brewing. Thus, we conducted cereal-based fermentation experiments by following some brewing methods likely used in antiquity. Based on previous publications in food science, we investigated how beer-making processes affect the properties of starch granules by documenting the resulting changes that occur in the starch granules of 17 domesticated and wild plant species. This paper introduces a method for identifying starch residues from cereal-based beer, some mixed with other plant additives, which can be applied to future archaeological research in the Old World. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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