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9,000-year History Of Chinese Fermented Beverages Confirmed

9,000-year History Of Chinese Fermented Beverages Confirmed

ScienceDaily (Dec. 7, 2004) — PHILADELPHIA, PA, December 2004 Chemical analyses of ancient organics absorbed, and preserved, in pottery jars from the Neolithic village of Jiahu, in Henan province, Northern China, have revealed that a mixed fermented beverage of rice,...
Libations: Tapping into the Past and Dreading the Hangover

Libations: Tapping into the Past and Dreading the Hangover

Libations: Tapping into the Past and Dreading the Hangover by Samir S. Patel, Archeology Today November/December 2007 Volume 60 Number 6 Early Neolithic people in Jiahu, a village in China’s Henan Province, invented the earliest known alcoholic beverage. As the...
Archeological Evidence

Archeological Evidence

You’ll see in the Myths & Legends section that mead has a long and romantic life in the stories of many cultures. However, it’s always nice to be able to back those stories up with some sort of documented evidence. We’ve decided to dig through...