Hi Otto,
Here are two refernces in which the authors have created ways in which to
quantitfy hazelnut shell fragments,
Healy. F., Heaton. M. and Lobb. J. 1992. Excavations at the Mesolithic site at
Thatcham, Berkshire. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 58: 41-76.
Perry. D. 1997 The archaeology of hunter-gatherers: plant use in the Dutch
Mesolithic. Unpublished PhD thesis. New York University: New York.
I hope you find these useful
Penny
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>Dear all,
>
>I hope you can help me with the following:
>I have remains of a neolithic site with large numbers of fragments of
>Corylus avellana nut shells. Since the number of fragments is not very
>informative, I seek to quantify the remains in terms of minimum number
>of whole nuts. I vaguely remember having read somewhere about the weight
>of an average complete stone age hazelnut shell, which would help me to
>calculate my MNI... But I can't find it in my bibliographic file. I hope
>our collective memory is better than my individual one....
>
>Many thanks in advance,
>
>oTTo
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