How to make prehistoric cheese
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Event date
Saturday 8 February 2020, 2pm to 6pm
Location
York Barbican (Map)
Audience
Open to the public
Admission
Free admission
Event details
Where does cheese come from? Early European farmers milked their cows, sheep and goats, but DNA tells us that drinking milk gave them unpleasant symptoms. Fortunately, prehistoric people developed ways to overcome the side-effects, including making cheese and fermenting milk. Come along and experiment with us, using prehistoric technologies to make cheese. Learn about the latest methods archaeologists use to investigate ancient diets.
Meet the researchers: Dr Penny Bickle and Dr Jessica Hendy, Department of Archaeology, University of York
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Wheelchair accessible