William Rubel on Bread
Primitive tools do not need to imply primitive results. exquisitely carved objects and elegant painting by societies tens of thousands of years before the invention of grain agriculture attest to…
Read moreWho Farms, Who Processes? Men or Women?
In my earlier post I suggested that traditionally farming was men’s work and post-harvest processing women’s work. That may be the general pattern. There are lots of exceptions though. Women…
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