#animalstudies #hittites #ironage #bronzeage #multispeciesinequality #environmentalhistory #hattusha #bogazkoy #Klazomenai #gordion #Troy #sapinuwa #OpenAccess www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Just let this sink in: A burned down silo in #BronzeAge #Hattusha contained grain from different regions - the still very tangible account of the #taxes collected from different communities throughout the #Hittite empire ... 3,000 years ago.

Science. 🙌😲

Original study:

Ch. Diffey et al., The #agroecology of an early state: new results from #Hattusha, @AntiquityJ #FirstView 10 September 2020....

Ancient tax collectors amassed a fortune — until it went ... Grain stored in a burnt silo came from multiple farms in ...

"Ancient #tax collectors amassed a fortune - until it went up in smoke" - #Grain stored in a burnt silo in #BronzeAge #Hattusha came from multiple farms in the #Hittite empire according recent study:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02630-9 via @nresearchnews