Wine Smokehouses, Glanum

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by Mark Cartwright
published on 01 September 2016

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Wine Smokehouses, Glanum — Two wine smokehouses from Hellenistic Glanum in southern France. The bricks were used to create a raised floor through which fires could send smoke to better preserve wine. 2nd-1st century BCE.

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Mark Cartwright

Mark is a full-time writer, researcher, historian, and editor. Special interests include art, architecture, and discovering the ideas that all civilizations share. He holds an MA in Political Philosophy and is the WHE Publishing Director.

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Cartwright, M. (2016, September 01). Wine Smokehouses, Glanum. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5588/wine-smokehouses-glanum/

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