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Wheat harvesting, a popular tradition and a how-to chart

The wheat has been harvested, so time to check out a few of the ways that might have been done, but first, a taste of a wheat product not...

A weedy window on medieval wheat farming

Abstract We have exceedingly little historical evidence for crop husbandry practices in Anglo-Saxon and medieval England, prior to the...

Wheat in early medieval England: an archaeological view

Abstract What can we learn about cereal farming in early medieval England? While the subject benefits from the emergence a rich written...

WHEAT: A Miscellany of Memories

I am writing from the Highlands of Scotland, where, unlike oats and barley, owing to the environment, climate, and local farming...

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