Sorghum, Beer and Kushite society

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Archaeobotanical studies in the Middle Nile region have traditionally focused on processes of domestication and the economic/nutritional use of crops. However, a consideration of the preparation and consumption of sorghum foodstuffs and their wider social usage suggests that we can develop studies much further. Ethnographic and historical studies suggest that the widespread practice of converting grain into beer had a profound impact on many areas of social life from an early date. A range of archaeological data suggest that, within Kushite society, sorghum and its products, especially beers, had developed considerable significance in mortuary and other ritual contexts as well as in socioeconomic relations more generally by the late first millennium BC.

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