Tamping mill
A stamping mill ( Latin : pistrinum ) is a grain mill with a stamping mechanism in which the ground product was stamped into hollow blocks or mortars . It represents the preliminary stage of the grinding mill . In archeology , pistrinum is usually translated with both mill and bakery .
There are also paper and oil mills with pounding technology.
See also
- Boke mill
- Hammer mill (technology)
- Roman stamping mills for gold washing in the rum. Scărișoara
- Roman water powered gold ore mills in Wales
Web links
- Pistrinum in Pompeii (with photos)
- Pistrinum by Vicolo Torto (with four photos)
- Pistrinum in Pompeii (with several photos) in engl.