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The cask is the shipping container of the late Middle Ages
- June 25, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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What do wooden casks tell us about trade and everyday life between 1300 and 1800? Ph.D. candidate Jeroen Oosterbaan studied the life cycle of this shipping container and has shown how these everyday objects played a key role in the development of international trade networks.
Originally published at Phys.org