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Two spherical grindstones, 4th - 2nd century B.C.

Two Iron Age grindstones

Querns for grain

These two grindstones made of volcanic stone from Col de Flam excavation site were used for milling grain. Grindstones were pushed back and forth across a fixed grinding stone. This spherical grindstone exploded after being heated to a high temperature. This is a sign that a large blaze took place in the house that it was kept in.

Main category:
Archaeology
Subcategory:
Household utensils
Epoch:Iron Age
Area(s):Ortisei
GPS coordinates:@11.67708,46.57575
Porphyry | Excavation site Col de Flam | Settlement | Cereals

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Image gallery

Hundred-year of Bera Sepl da Stufan (Josef Rifesser) with the archaeologist Reimo Lunz at the new wall on the road beneath Col de Flam farm; behind it the first Rhaetian house was excavated. 1977
In the foreground large stone blocks of Rhaetian house wall remnants from the mid Iron Age, behind it smaller stones from the plastered house entrance, excavated 1977 beneath Col de Flam farm.