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| Remains of an earth oven at the Richard Beene site near San Antonio. Early Archaic chefs likely baked bulbs or other foods in this oven, using hot stones as a heating element. Dating to roughly 7800 years ago, this feature was one of many hot-rock cooking "appliances" uncovered at the deeply stratified site on the Medina River. Photo courtesy Texas A&M Department of Anthropology. |