Denmark: Burnt cheese casts light on 3,000 year-old family drama

1/3. The unusual yellow deposit in a Bronze Age pot may be the preserved remains of cheese making, albeit a failed attempt. (Photo: Museum Silkeborg)

When someone in Bronze Age Denmark quickly disposed of a burnt pot, they unintentionally provided archaeologists with a unique find. 

A moment of carelessness, 3,000 years ago has given Danish archaeologists an unexpected gift.

A clay pot unearthed during an archaeological excavation in central Jutland, Denmark, contains the possible remains of a failed attempt of cheese making.

Something went wrong during the process and the cheese maker most likely threw the pot away into the street, only to show up again thousands of years later.

“We found the clay pot in what was once a pit. Quite unusually, it was in near mint condition and this is itself is an exciting find,” says curator and archaeologist Kaj F. Rasmussen from Museum Silkeborg, Denmark. [...]  ScienceNordic / Link 2 


Actualización: Hallan queso quemado hace 3 mil años / Link 2
Arqueólogos en Dinamarca descubrieron el intento fallido más antiguo de preparación de un queso. El alimento quemado yace incrustado en el fondo de una vasija de arcilla datada en 3 mil años, lo que es una prueba de que ya en la edad del bronce el queso era un alimento habitual, pero su preparación podía arrojar dificultades. El objeto fue hallado en la región de Jutlandia central en el marco de una excavación arqueológica y luego se llevó al Museo Nacional, donde será examinado con mayor detalle.