Paleoethnobotany and ancient alcohol producton: A mini-review

Abstract

The producton and consumpton of alcoholic beverages in the past is an important consideraton when addressing issues involving ancient food. However, successfully demonstratng that alcoholic beverages were produced in prehistoric contexts is problematc. As a result, archaeobotanists have developed a mult-scalar approach, incorporatng multple lines of evidence, to argue for the producton of fermented beverages in the past.