EditorialKak iz khleba sdelat' sitets? [How do you make cotton from grain?] 'This is very simple. A peasant can make anything of bread, anything he needs. A peasant should only give out all spare bread at a collection point for the fixed price. A worker then wi...
EditorialFlying Panel Metate, 1st?5th century, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, Stone, H.10 x W. 15 x D. 24 in. (25.4 x 38.1 x 61 cm), Stone-Implements, Metates, tablelike objects of stone used in ancient Mesoamerica for the grinding of foodstuffs such as corn, ...
EditorialSeal from a Jar with the Names of Amenhotep III, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1390?1352 B.C., Probably from Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, Mud, pottery, paint, h. 22 cm (8 11/16 in), The Egyptians used large pottery jars to store wine and other f...
EditorialCeremonial Metate, 4th?8th century, Costa Rica, Guanacaste-Nicoya, Stone, H. 20 1/8 x W. 10 in. (51.2 x 25.4 cm), Stone-Implements, Even today, stone metates in the Americas are used to grind maize and other foodstuffs. Certain ancient rituals must hav...
EditorialCeremonial Metate, 10th?11th century, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, Stone, H. 9 x Diam.14 3/4 in. (22.9 x 37.5 cm), Stone-Implements, Decorated metates carved of volcanic stone originated in the utilitarian forms that were used for grinding foodstuff...