Hello there, I have a question I have been wondering about a while now.
How can you tell, from grains found during excavations, that it was a
six row or a two row barley? What are the indicators?
A few years ago we grew some bere in my garden as part of some
experimental research and we got both six and two row growing side by
side. I obtained the bere from the Corrigall Farm Museum, Orkney. Harry
Flett had a field of it to demonstrate traditional crops and it was the
same situation in their field, both types together.
regards,
Merryn
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