[Terrapreta] Old native earth ovens.

[Kurt Treutlein]

Robert Klein wrote:
>  Hi all
>
>  This appears to be a prevalent cooking method in the Americas.  It
>  was surely  used everywhere else during the stone age were cooking
>  pots were not an option.  These are perhaps unusual because of size.
>

This method of cooking, especially large quantities of food, is also 
very common in parts of New Guinea and especially in the Highlands.

Other areas use containers made of bark, with stones which are fire 
heated, then put into the pot and then reheated etc till the pot boils. 
There are more ways than one to do this sort of thing.

regards,

Kurt