tilling
- creating a fine soil
with hoe or ploughing ard
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after inundation (October-November)
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raking the soil to break up clods
of earth
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sowing
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in October or November
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trampling in
of the grain by animals to protect the seeds from birds and other pests
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growing of the plants
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about 6 months
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harvest
primary tool: sickle
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earliest February to latest May
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see the
scene of a harvest
sickles
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threshing
separation of emmer spikelets and hulled barley grains from the cereal
straw
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winnowing
to separate the threshed cereal spikelets from the remaining straw
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sieving
for further cleaning the emmer spikelets and hulled barley
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measuring the grain
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storage
of grain and straw
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