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  2. Mortar and pestle - Wikipedia

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    Stone Age stone mortar and pestle, Kebaran culture, 22000–18000 BC Rock mortars in Raqefet Cave, Israel, used for making beer during the Stone Age Mortars and pestles were invented in the Stone Age when humans found that processing food and various other materials by grinding and crushing into smaller particles allowed for improved use and various advantages.

  3. Timeline of Nigerian history - Wikipedia

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    Nigeria and her important dates, 1900-1966. 1966. Day to day events in Nigeria : a diary of important happenings in Nigeria from 1960-1970. 1982. Twenty-one years of independence : a calendar of major political and economic events in Nigeria, 1960-1981. 1982. Institut für Afrika-Kunde; Rolf Hofmeier, eds. (1990). "Nigeria".

  4. Ground stone - Wikipedia

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    This pair of tools is called a mortar and pestle. The material would be placed into the mortar and the pestle would be moved and pressed into the mortar to grind the material into a fine powder. This process could be used for medicine and cooking. The mortar and pestle are still used today for many cooking recipes.

  5. Pounded yam - Wikipedia

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    A plate of food; pounded yam and soup. Pounded yam (Yoruba: Iyán, Hausa: sakwara, Igbo: Utara-ji) is a Nigerian swallow or Okele food. [1] [2] It is commonly prepared by pounding boiled yam with mortar and pestle [3] [4] Pounded yam is similar to mashed potatoes but heavier in consistency.

  6. File:Mortar and pestle, AD 900-1300.jpg - Wikipedia

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    Stone mortar and pestle, AD 900-1300, Spurgeon Draw site, Catron County, New Mexico ... File history. Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

  7. Industry (archaeology) - Wikipedia

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    Video of the extraction of a stone tool from a silex rock. Acheulean handaxes from Kent.The types shown are (clockwise from top) cordate, ficron, and ovate. In the archaeology of the Stone Age, an industry or technocomplex [1] is a typological classification of stone tools.

  8. Economic history of Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    The economic history of Nigeria falls into three periods. They are the: pre-colonial, the colonial and the post-colonial or independence periods. [ 1 ] The pre-colonial period covers the longest the part of Nigerian history.

  9. Inca agriculture - Wikipedia

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    A mortar and pestle was used to grind up grains to be further used in cooking. [9] Stone and clay stoves were used to cook foods over fires from either wood or llama dung. [9] Generally made from cobble stones, farming tools like the hoe, clod breaker and foot plough were used to break up the soil and make it easier to aerate and plant crop ...