I'd like a citation on that. But it appears that mead and beer may have evolved around the same time.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/alcohol-s-neolithic-origins-brewing-up-a-civilization-a-668642.html Bu tit makes a lot of sense if you think about it. The weak beer and mead produced initially have a common thread, no infectious bacteria. Those tribes and villages who made beer or mead tended to be healthier and live longer. Therefore these groups are more likely to survive and reproduce. So the behavior spread throughout the region. It would have encouraged agriculture - less effort to gather grains etc needed. And when combined with domestication efforts (in as little as 100 years by some estimates) of cereal grains this would have encouraged a sedentary life style. On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Eric Roberts <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > Mead was the first. We find bee keeping in early agro societies as well. > But I have heard that theory as well. The time period this book covers is > during that interface between hunter gatherers and agro societies. Pretty > interesting stuff. > > ------------------------------------ > Three Ravens Consulting > Eric Roberts > Owner/Developer > ow...@threeravensconsulting.com > tel: 630-486-5255 > fax: 630-310-8531 > http://www.threeravensconsulting.com > ------------------------------------ > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:larrycly...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 7:03 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Doggerland: Lost culture on North Sea > > > Thanks Eric, given my interests in mesolithic and neolithic cultures I'll > have to check that one out. > > A friend of mine is an archeologist who specializes in this time period, the > interface between the late stone age and early agriculture. One thing he has > noted in all the sites he's worked on is that in each and every one in the > upper Euphrates and Tigris rivers he's found evidence of beer making. Steve > theorizes that beer probably was the reason why we have agriculture and > civilization. I'd say more but most of the time we discuss it we're already > into our 5th or 6th beer. > > On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 6:19 PM, Eric Roberts > <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: >> >> This was my latest read on the Indo-European languages and where it >> originated... >> >> http://www.amazon.com/The-Horse-Wheel-Language-Bronze-Age/dp/069114818 >> X/ref= >> pd_cp_b_0 >> >> >> Very interesting book. I wish the one below had a kindle edition >> hehehe >> >> ------------------------------------ >> Three Ravens Consulting >> Eric Roberts >> Owner/Developer >> ow...@threeravensconsulting.com >> tel: 630-486-5255 >> fax: 630-310-8531 >> http://www.threeravensconsulting.com >> ------------------------------------ >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:larrycly...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 1:03 PM >> To: cf-community >> Subject: Re: Doggerland: Lost culture on North Sea >> >> >> I was reading about that. Very interesting on the effects of global >> climate change. The book : A Global Human History 20,000-5000 BC by >> Steven Mithen >> (http://www.amazon.com/After-Ice-Global-History-000-5000/dp/0674019997 >> /ref=s >> r_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1354042864&sr=8-1&keywords=after+the+ice) >> does a very interesting look at Doggerland. >> >> On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson <jmi...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/12/doggerland/spinney-text >>> >>> I love sciency-stuff >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:358824 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
