Olive oil press from the Minoan Age
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Olive oil press from the Minoan Age
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Published 2017-03-31T12:59:22+00:00
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Grooved olive oil press of the minoan age from the Palace of Phaistos.
After being pulverised in a mill, the olives are put into net bags or scourtins, then piled up over a grooved stone and pressed by a weighted wooden beam so that the oil seeps out and runs around the groove into a receiving tank. this represents archaeological evidence for connections between the Santorini eruption and the Cretan olive industry in the Late Bronze Age.
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| Date published | 31/03/2017 |
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| Title | Olive oil press from the Minoan Age |
| Date | 1450 BC |
| Accession | Public Monument |
| Period | Minoan Age |
| Medium | Stone |
| Artist | Unknown artist |
| Place | Palace of Phaistos |
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