McGovern, Patrick E. Uncorking the Past: The Quest for Wine, Beer, and Other Alcoholic Beverages. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010.
A Neolithic Chinese mixed fermented beverage dated to about 7000 BCE challenges older assumptions that civilization and early beverage innovation followed only a Near Eastern pathway.
Patrick E. McGovern, Uncorking the Past: The Quest for Wine, Beer, and Other Alcoholic Beverages (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010), chap. 3, “The Near Eastern Challenge,” opening two paragraphs.
Patrick E. McGovern, Uncorking the Past: The Quest for Wine, Beer, and Other Alcoholic Beverages (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010), chap. 3, “The Near Eastern Challenge,” opening two paragraphs.
chap. 3, “The Near Eastern Challenge,” opening two paragraphs
McGovern, Uncorking the Past, chap. 3, “The Near Eastern Challenge,” opening two paragraphs.
chap. 3, “The Near Eastern Challenge,” opening two paragraphs
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A Neolithic Chinese mixed fermented beverage dated to about 7000 BCE challenges older assumptions that civilization and early beverage innovation followed only a Near Eastern pathway.
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