Links, February 2011

[ikhet_sekhmet]

Ancient beer pots point to origins of chocolate, New Scientist, 12 November 2007

Ancient Mesopotamian tablets reveal "complex" anti-witchcraft ceremony, Unreported Heritage News, 27 February 2011

Comments

[murasaki-1966.livejournal.com]

Brewing seems to have led to a lot of things. Archeologists are currently considering the fact that Neolithic peoples started brewing beer first, and developed bread a little later. Haven't got a reference handy, but it was in my archeology magazine not so long ago.