At late-Roman Sagalassos (Turkey), I had to deal with comparable remains
like the one on the right in the picture. I'm sure it's the apex of a
cone scale of a pine species, but the question remains whether it
belongs to Pinus pinea. I had a closer look at all the similar remains
from Sagalassos a few months ago (which were also determined as Pinus
pinea in the beginning), and I have to admit that most of these cone
scales most likely did not belong to Pinus pinea, but probably to Pinus
brutia and Pinus nigra. To be sure, you will have to compare the
profiles of the cone scales of all pine species occurring in the region
(+ probable imports). That is because the apex of most species has
different traits.

Greetings,
Thijs Van Thuyne



Citeren "<Manon Savard>" <[log in to unmask]>:

> Dear all,
>  
> Please find attached a mystery seed/fruit (upper right on the
> picture) from a late antique context from a site in Albania.  It's a
> working picture taken on site with a normal digital camera, but, to
> give an idea of scale, the seed on the higher left is a peach-type
> stone and the other seeds are fragments of olive stones.  So far,
> preliminary analyses have revealed plants commonly found for that
> period/area: wheat, legumes, olives, grapes, etc. The reverse side of
> the mystery specimen is broken.  It looks very familiar, yet, I can't
> put a name on it.  Any idea anyone?
>  
> Thanks in advance,
>  
> Manon
>  
> Manon Savard
> Université du Québec
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> 


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