Preliminary analysis of starch residues on ground stone tools from ...
Tools described as grinding slabs, hand stones, hammer stones, shell crushers, querns, mortars, pestles and rubbing stones are commonly included in this description (eg. Frifelt 1995, Wright 1992, Elliott 1991, Hole et al. 1969). Research concerning starch residues on ground stone tools in the Arabian peninsula has been limited (eg.