How to brew ancient Wari beer

High-tech spectrometry and traditional knowledge shed light on an ancient industry.

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[onkeljonas]

"Fortunately, a member of Nash's local excavation crew had an aunt in a remote village who still brewed old-school moye chicha, and she evidently didn't mind showing a group of archaeologists how it was done."

It seems like a bit of a stretch to go from "old school - this is how they did it when I was a girl" to "old school - this is how they did it over a thousand years ago."

I thought the same thing. On the other hand, while it can't show that they used the same process, "you can make it in half the time compared with using corn" seems like a valuable insight.