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How acorns carry cultural knowledge

Apr 18, 2023 09:06AM ● By Content Editor
Photo: Tiny insects, such as acorn weevils, burrow into the nut of acorns, often leaving them unsuitable for further processing. Therefore, acorns are cracked open with a rock, inspected for their quality, and then passed along to be ground. (Jessica Douglas / Underscore News)

By Jessica Douglas - Underscore News via ICT News - April 17, 2023

It can be tedious to process acorns into flour, especially alone. But the process goes much faster when we’re together, sharing news and creating community bonds. 

Families and villages collecting these nutritious nuts as a community spread the work of gathering and grinding acorns among many hands. It was more efficient, and it was a crucial process to teach and pass down traditions from older generations to the young.


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