Nuts and twigs

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Hob H
Hob Jan 4, 2006 21:57:24
Replying to fitzcoraldo

There were hazelnut shells in the fire at that mesolithic house up by Howick. Lots of them I think.

Given that the shells were deposited in piles during the mesolithic, and seem to last for a long time, part of me wonders if early transhumanant peoples may have found the evidence of their ancestors hazelnut feasts, and used this as clues to the suitability of the site for a camp/settlement. No way to ever prove/disprove that one, so it goes on the pile of random daft theories, catalogued as 'Half-baked idea No. 14340'

F fitzcoraldo
fitzcoraldo Jan 5, 2006 08:10:36
Replying to Hob

Not so half baked Mr H. especially as a number of middens may be regarded as a distinct class of monument themselves.
As regards ancestoral feasts, I guess there may have been an unbroken continuity, a rich food source to Mesolithic peoples would also have been a rich food source during the later times.