Dear all,
in my opinion Prunus avium cannot be native in the parts of Europe in the
north of the alps.
Many lake shore settlements with excellent conditions of conservation have
been analysed. The results showed that our ancestors collected thousends
of Prunus spinosa fruits, and also P. padus and the rarer P. mahaleb. All
these are very sour.
On the contrast, there ist no find of P. avium. I am convinced that these
sweet fruits would have been collected, if the tree would have been growing
nearby.
Therefore I think that the finds of Arbon must be imports (apparently they
served as piece of jewelry, according to Sabine).
The "wild cherries" growing today in our forests must then be "escapes" from
the trees imported by the romans or later.
Greetings Örni
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>I found a Prunus avium bead in a neolithic lake site settlement
>(3380-3376 BC) in the Swiss "Alpenvorland". I wonder where it came
>from - trade or ?
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>Did anyone find Prunus avium ealier than the Roman period?
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>Thanks
>Sabine Hosch
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