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FRANQOIS SIGAUT


Fig. 9. The last sheaves being put onto the stack, Nouan-le-Fuzelier, Loir-et Cher, France. Photo: Maget,
1938, Musee National des Arts et Traditions Populaires.
Die letzten Garben werden auf den Diemen (Schober) gepackt, Nouan-le-Fuzelier, Loir-et-Cher, Frank-
reich.

monic device. However, if found useful, and
after all the necessary corrections and addi-
tions have been made, it is hoped that it can
serve as a basis for an international system of
nomenclature for grain storage techniques.
Ancient European harvest-and-storage
systems: A working hypothesis
As the above survey has hopefully shown, the

form under which grain is stored (in bulk, in
the ear, in sheaves, etc.) is one of the most
central points in the structuring of any agri-
culture. The social level at which storage
takes place (household, farmer, landlord,
commerce, military, township, etc.), climate
and crop species, harvesting and processing
techniques, building and transport techno-
logy, food habits are all, with other factors, in