Dear Christin,
They appear to be Papaver somniferum.
Best wishes,
Mark
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Subject: Papaver seeds
Dear colleagues,
I wonder whether these seeds of Papaver may be identified to species level? They are found in the floor layer of a Bronze age house near Tromsö, Northern Norway (69 degrees North). Hopefully the quality of the photoes is good enough to see the pattern of more or less rectangular stripes (ribs) within the cells. I am very grateful to you for help with the identification. The size of the seeds is 1-1,3 mm.
Best regards,
Christin Jensen
Assoc. prof. in botany
University of Stavanger
Museum of Archaeology
Norway
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