The Indus Civilization c5.43

c5.43

Although the smaller houses were entered directly from the side streets, the larger ones were approached through a courtyard open to the sky; in one of its sheltered corners the greater part of the cooking was done. In one such place a round bread-oven was found with a small aperture at the base; there was perhaps originally a domed roof. The bread was baked by heating the oven to the required temperature with wood fuel, then raking out the ashes and clapping the cakes of dough against the hot inner side. Very similar ovens were in use in Mesopotamia at about the same date, as Dr. Woolley has shown.