Dear Manon,
Most probably is the distal part of a cone-scale of the Pinus pinea
Best wishes
Ramon Buxó
Dr. Ramon Buxó Capdevila
Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya
Pedret, 95 E-17007 Girona (Spain)
Tel. +34 972204637 Fax +34 972210454
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> <Manon Savard> wrote:
>
> > 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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