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. 2023 Jul 21;9(29):eadh5517. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adh5517

Table 1. Numbers of starch grains of Types Ia to V (including the five subtypes of Type I) identified from 12 Oc Eo food preparation stone implements.

Types I to IV are spices; Type V is rice. UNCLAS, unclassified starch grains.

Number Artifact code Tool type Starch Type Total
Ia Ib Ic Id Ie II III IV V UNCLAS
1 BTAG-2191 Footed grinding slab 3 45 5 1 1 55
2 BTAG-2193 Footed grinding slab 2 1 1 2 7 19 32
3 BTAG-2008-D Footed grinding slab 1 6 7
4 BTAG-4127-D Slab fragment 2 2 4 9 17
5 OE.19.GGC.A.H2.L5 Slab fragment 1 2 8 2 13 26
6 OE.19.GGC.A.H1.L8 Footed grinding slab 1 2 10 5 10 28
7 OE.18.LLO.B.H1.M1.L3.3 Footed grinding slab 1 2 3 4 10
8 BTAG-2187-D Muller 1 1 7 3 22 9 43
9 BTAG-2188-D Muller 3 3 2 4 29 14 55
10 BTAG-2019-D Mortar 115 28 31 29 37 119 14 5 12 17 407
11 OE.19.LLO.B.H3.b4.L2.7 Mortar fragment 5 13 15 33
12 BTAG-3147-D Pestle 1 1 2 4
Total 125 83 31 37 40 127 61 37 63 113 717
Total % 17.43% 11.58% 4.32% 5.16% 5.58% 17.71% 8.51% 5.16% 8.79% 15.76% 100%