oops the last message was meant for Patricia. but if any one else knows feel
free to answer.
thank you to every one who has replied.
Kath Hunter
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kath Hunter" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 3:59 PM
> Hi,
> thank you.
> Am I right in thinking it is the toxicity of the copper alloy, as it
> corodes, that inhibits the action of organisms that would normaly result
in
> the decay of the plant material? I have seen organic material that has
> been replaced by corroding metal but it is the first time I have seen
actual
> plant remains survive this way. All be it with a thin crust of corrosion
> product on some of the nuts.
>
> Kath Hunter
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Patricia Wiltshire" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 3:24 PM
>
>
> > I have had beautiful preservation of pollen from a late Iron Age/Early
> > Romano-British copper vessel from Colchester. I was able to interpret
the
> > vessel's function from the pollen assemblage. This should be published
> > shortly.
> >
> > Patricia Wiltshire
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Anaya Sarpaki" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 8:44 PM
> >
> >
> > > Dear Kath,
> > >
> > > Barley seeds have been found in the proximity of a bronze saw at
> Akrotiri,
> > > Thera (unpublished) and have been preserved by oxidation. LBA (c.1600
> bc).
> > > Lime could cause a mineralisation of organic remaiins too...
> > >
> > > Best wishes,
> > >
> > > Anaya Sarpaki
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Kath Hunter" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 7:51 PM
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > > has anyone come across references for Corylus avellana and or Malus
> > > > sylvestris being found inside vessels in Saxon burials. I am working
> on
> > > some
> > > > Hazelnuts found inside a copper alloy bowl and would like to know if
> > there
> > > > are any parallels.
> > > > I am also interested in other plant remains that have been
> preserved
> > by
> > > > their proximity to metal objects in the ground. I have seen wood
and
> > > > textiles preserved by contact with copper alloy and iron objects but
I
>
> > am
> > > > unfamiliar with the preservation of other types of plant remains in
> this
> > > > way.
> > > > Thank you
> > > >
> > > > Kath Hunter
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
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