Brinkkemper, Otto schrieb:
> Dear colleagues,
>
> White mustard (Sinapis alba) is a rare phenomenon in Northwestern
> Europe during the Roman Period. The discovery of several seeds in the
> Dutch site Leiden-Roomburg has led me to a short search for parallels.
> The VHA overviews of archaeobotanical literature by Kroll mention (at
> least...) two relevant publications:
>
>
> Dickson C (1994) Macroscopic fossils of garden plants from British
> Roman and medieval deposits. In: Moe E, Dickson JH, Jorgensen PM
> (eds), Garden plants, species, forms and varities from Pompeii to
> 1800. Pact 42, Rixensart, Belgium, pp 47-72
>
>
>
> Knörzer K-H, Gerlach R, Meurers-Balke J, Kalis AJ, Tegtmeier U, Becker
> WD, Jürgens A (1999) Pflanzenspuren. Archäobotanik im Rheinland:
> Agrarlandschaft und Nutzpflanzen im Wandel der Zeiten. Mat
> Bodendenkmalpflege Rheinland 10. Köln - Bonn, 185 pp
>
>
> My problem now is that I have access here to neither of them. My first
> question concerns the locations and dates mentioned for Sinapis alba
> in these two publications (the first one even might be only medieval).
> The second question is if there are any other finds circulating in our
> community from the Roman Period in Northwestern Europe.
>
> With kind regards,
>
> oTTo
>
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Dear Otto,
there is no Sinapis alba mentioned in Knörzer et al., only Sinapis
arvensis from the Roman period onwards.
Best wishes,
Felix
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