Beekeeping had its origins in honey hunting—the opportunistic stealing of honey from wild
honey bee nests. True beekeeping began when humans started providing artificial cavities …

Throughout history, honey has been used for many different purposes and due to its
medicinal properties, has been one of the products marketed by traders. The figure of the …

In order better to interpret the chemical composition of ancient organic residues and
artefacts containing beeswax, the degradation of this raw material was accelerated in the …

This manuscript represents the third and final volume in the publication of the Hellenistic
pottery unearthed by the American excavations in the Athenian Agora. The first installment …

In the north‐western Mediterranean area, the first Iron Age is characterized by intense
contacts and cultural interactions between populations. Archaeological remains such as …

Ceramic beehives are known to have been utilized in ancient Greece. Excavations by the
University of Chicago at Isthmia have produced many fragments with an interior combed …

This article offers an approach to cooking practices, diet and consumption of food and
beverages in the Iberian Culture (IV-II centuries BC). We focus on settlements, located in the …

This article shows the results obtained from our research on two rooms of the 4th century BC
Iberian sanctuary “Cerro El Pajarillo” in Huelma (province of Jaén, southern Spain). Our …

The most investigated aspect of the use of invertebrates in the past is their role in human
diets. Much of the archaeological research has focused on detailing the composition of shell …

In the ancient world beeswax and honey were of crucial importance not only for nutrition, but
also for a range of activities including various artisanal practices. A rich body of iconographic …