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A rich assemblage of primarily desiccated plant remains has been recovered from the Roman quarry settlement of Mons Claudianus in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. These remains indicate that the food supply to the site was well organized despite its remote location and that both staples and luxury foods were imported. It has also been established that straw and chaff were imported in large quantities, highlighting the fact that the presence of the by-products of the early stages of the crop processing sequence cannot necessarily be interpreted as implying that the cereals were cultivated locally.
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van der Veen, M. The plant remains from Mons Claudianus, a Roman quarry settlement in the Eastern Desert of Egypt — an interim report. Veget Hist Archaebot 5, 137–141 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00189444
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