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The Historian
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Q: How did people eat prior to food preservation technology?

valiantvFor ancient prehistoric people who survived on fruits and vegetables, given there is only one season of the year where these are available (i.e. autumn), how did they eat for the rest of the year? A google search on this questions shows up various pre-refrigeration techniques like salting, curing...

food prehistory
 
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T.E.D.
T.E.D.
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@TheHistorian With their fingers?
 
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SPavel
SPavel
15:46
It's an interesting question because the frame is so settled agrarian - "how did nomads survive the lean season without our food preservation technology?" well they didn't need to stay in an area that didn't have any food
 
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The Historian
The Historian
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The Historian
The Historian
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Q: What’s the name of this traditional pointy Chinese hat?

LaurelI stumbled upon this image when I was looking at colorized Qing Dynasty (1870-1880) photos and found the hats to be quite striking: —via Wikimedia I searched and was able to find a second image depicting a hat like that: —via Wikimedia Between the two images (admittedly a very small sample), thes...

identification china clothing

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