A granary is a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed. In ancient or primitive granaries, pottery is the most common use of storage in these buildings. Pottery is the Ceramic ware made by potters It also refers to a group of materials that includes Earthenware, Stoneware Granaries are often built above the ground to keep the stored food from mice and other animals.
From ancient times grain has been stored in bulk. The oldest granary yet found dates back to 9500 BC and is located in the Jordan Valley, followed by Mehrgarh in the Indus Valley from 6000 BC. This article is about the Jordan River and its valley in western Asia Mehrgarh, ( Urdu: مﮩرگڑھ) one of the most important Neolithic (7000 BC to 3200 BC sites in Archaeology, lies on what The Indus River { Sanskrit: सिन्धु Sindhu; Urdu: urd {{Nastaliq سندھ}} Sindh; Sindhi: snd During the 6th millennium BC, Agriculture spreads from the Balkans to Italy and Eastern Europe and from Mesopotamia to Egypt. The ancient Egyptians made a practice of preserving grain in years of plenty against years of scarcity. Ancient Egypt was an Ancient Civilization in eastern North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now The climate of Egypt being very dry, grain could be stored in pits for a long time without sensible loss of quality. This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. The silo pit, as it has been termed, has been a favorite way of storing grain from time immemorial in all oriental lands. In Turkey and Persia, usurers used to buy up wheat or barley when comparatively cheap, and store it in hidden pits against seasons of dearth. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches The Persian Empire was a series of Iranian empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau, the original Persian homeland and beyond in Western Asia Wheat ( Triticum spp is a worldwide cultivated grass from the Levant area of the Middle East. Barley ( Hordeum vulgare) is an annual Cereal Grain, which serves as a major animal Feed crop, with smaller amounts used for In Malta a relatively large stock of wheat was preserved in some hundreds of pits (silos) cut in the rock. Malta, officially the Republic of Malta (Repubblika ta' Malta is a European Microstate, comprising an Archipelago of three islands A single silo stored from 60 to 80 tons of wheat, which, with proper precautions, kept in good condition for four years or more.
Simple storage granaries raised up on four or more posts appeared in the Yangshao culture in China and after the onset of intensive agriculture in the Korean peninsula during the Mumun pottery period (c. The Yangshao culture ( was a Neolithic culture that existed extensively along the central Yellow River in China. The Mumun pottery period is an Archaeological era in Korean prehistory that dates to approximately 1500-300 BC 1000 B. C. ) and in the Japanese archipelago during the Final Jōmon/Early Yayoi periods (c. The is the time in Japanese prehistory from about 14000 BC to 400 BC. The is an era in the history of Japan from about 500 BC to 300 AD. 800 B. C. ). In the archaeological vernacular of Northeast Asia, these features are lumped with those that may have also functioned as residences and together are called 'raised floor buildings'.
Towards the close of the 19th century, warehouses specially intended for holding grain began to multiply in Great Britain, but North America is the home of great granaries, known there as grain elevators. See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands History Grain elevators are a common sight in the grain-growing areas of the world such as the North American Prairies Larger terminal elevators are There are climatic difficulties in the way of storing grain in Great Britain on a large scale, but these difficulties have been largely overcome. To preserve grain in good condition it must be kept as much as possible from moisture and heat. In Physics, heat, symbolized by Q, is Energy transferred from one body or system to another due to a difference in Temperature New grain when brought into a warehouse has a tendency to release moisture. Bacteria are more active in this condition and can heat the grain. If the heating is allowed to continue the quality of the grain suffers. An effectual remedy is to turn out the grain in layers, not too thick, on a floor, and to keep turning it over so as to aerate it thoroughly. Grain can thus be conditioned for storage in silos.
See also
- Storage silo
- Staddle stones Used to lift granaries off the ground to prevent access by vermin, etc. A silo is a structure for storing bulk materials. Silos are used in Agriculture to store grain (see Grain elevators or fermented feed Staddle stones were originally used as supporting bases for granaries, hayricks game larders etc
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