Oxford researchers ran gas chromatography on ordinary ceramic vessels from southern England. They weren’t looking for anything dramatic. What they found was tartrate residue — the chemical trace of wine — inside locally made British pots, centuries before Rome arrived. Over twenty thousand Italian wine jar fragments have now been counted across southern England. This is not a small finding. #ancienthistory #archaeology #britishhistory #ironage #hiddenhistory #ancienttrade #AncientWine #historyrewritten #AncientEconomy #MaritimeHistory
