Laussel identification is ambiguous; beer-before-bread is a hypothesis, not an established cause of farming. Oxalate is not by itself decisive evidence of beer. Image caption on PDF19 was read.
A Short History of Drunkenness (2017), Prehistory
The Laussel horn, Göbekli Tepe and Jiahu introduce the proposed connections between fermentation, ritual gatherings and agriculture.
chap. 2, “The Prehistory of Drinking”
chap. 2, “The Prehistory of Drinking”
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Evidence
The Laussel horn, Göbekli Tepe and Jiahu introduce the proposed connections between fermentation, ritual gatherings and agriculture.
Location and context
Forsyth, A Short History of Drunkenness (2017), chap. 2, “The Prehistory of Drinking”. Original paraphrase, not quotation. The private PDF retrieval range is retained in Verification Notes.
Annotation
Laussel identification is ambiguous; beer-before-bread is a hypothesis, not an established cause of farming. Oxalate is not by itself decisive evidence of beer. Image caption on PDF19 was read.
Verification
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