The results revealed a palimpsest of diverse practices and traditions regarding the manipulation and use of grinding implements. Multifunctional tools employed in various tasks (e.g. processing of a variety of organic matter) coexist with tools reserved for specific functions (e.g. processing of oily substances) as well as secondarily used or recycled artefacts incorporated into new contexts of function. Diverse food processing methods and practices, such as the grinding of cereals with or without prior dehusking, suggest the existence of different technical choices for the same activity, while the typological and morphometric diversity of grinding equipment testified on an intra-and inter-site level has a possible functional dimension that needs further investigation. Overall, a much more generalised tendency for secondary use and recycling of the grinding gear is evident in the Bronze Age assemblages, a practice that may be coupled with a diachronic amplification of the range of functions of the grinding tools. If not associated with economic factors such as the introduction of new species into the range of humanexploited plants, it could be an indication of social changes.