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A new kind of segmented mill from Africa Proconsularis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 January 2023

Skander Souissi
Skander Souissi*
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Institut Supérieur des Sciences Humaines de Jendouba, Tunisia
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Abstract

This paper attempts an overview of new kind of segmented mill, examples of which have been found at Thysdrus (El Jem) and Zama in Africa Proconsularis. These grain mills are quite different morphologically and technically from other mills in the ancient Mediterranean world. These rare archaeological finds are not discussed in the ancient literature or in modern scholarship, leaving them difficult to understand. This article explores the history of segmented mills and the operation and dating of this African mill type.

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segmented millDelian millAfrica ProconsularisThysdrusZama
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Journal of Roman Archaeology , Volume 35 , Issue 2 , December 2022 , pp. 914 - 928
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press

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