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More than 800 samples of plant remains from a Bronze Age settlement at Agios Mamas in Chalkidike were analysed. They reveal the kind of stock kept in this settlement and give information about the agriculture of the settlement and the techniques involved in the processing and storage of the stock. Important cultivated plants are compared to finds from other sites in the area. On the whole, it is obvious that extensive labour had to be invested into agriculture and the processing of the crops. However, apparently, the result was a stable subsistence economy.
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Kroll, H. (2003). Rural Plenty: The Result of Hard Work — Rich Middle Bronze Age Plant Remains from Agios Mamas, Chalkidike. In: Wagner, G.A., Pernicka, E., Uerpmann, HP. (eds) Troia and the Troad. Natural Science in Archaeology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05308-9_19
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