Thanks to Marie Pierre and all the colleagues who commented. I learnt. Mukund Kajale On 9/7/09, Erik Danielsson/VEDLAB <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > I agree with Allan! My first thought was a bud. The distinct nervs makes it > look like Alnus > > Erik Danielsson/VEDLAB > Kattås > 670 20 GLAVA > Tfn: 0570 420 29 > [log in to unmask] > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Allan Hall" <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 9:14 AM > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: unknown seed/fruit > > I think these are Alnus buds, minus the bud-scales... >> >> Allan >> >> 2009/9/4 marie-pierre ruas <[log in to unmask]>: >> >>> Dear list members, >>> >>> Please, anyone can identify this fruit/seed with sort of tough sepals >>> (?) >>> ? It is carbonized and results from a early medieval site situated in the >>> hinterland of east mediterranean France (Provence). >>> Many Thanks for the suggestion... >>> >>> Best wishes >>> >>> >>> Marie-Pierre Ruas >>> >>> e-mail [log in to unmask] >>> >>> --- >>> >>> chargée de recherche au CNRS, archéobotanique >>> >>> UMR 5059 - Centre de Bio-Archéologie et d'Ecologie (C.B.A.E.) >>> >>> Institut de Botanique - 163 rue Auguste Broussonet >>> >>> F- 34 090 MONTPELLIER - France >>> >>> Tél : 33(0)4 99 23 21 80 (standard) - Fax : 33(0)4 67 54 35 37 >>> >>> Site de l'UMR http://www.umr5059.univ-montp2.fr/ruas.php >>> >>> site du réseau TERRAE http://w3.terrae.univ-tlse2.fr/spip/ >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Dr Allan Hall, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Archaeology, >> University of York, The King's Manor, York YO1 7EP, UK >> +44 1904 434950 (fax 433902) >> http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/staff/Hall.htm >> >> Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you >> really need to. >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Text infogad av Panda IS 2009: >> >> Om detta är oönskad e-post (SPAM) klickar du på följande länk för att >> klassificera om meddelandet: >> http://localhost:6083/Panda?ID=pav_298&SPAM=true&path=C >> :\Documents%20and%20Settings\Ägaren\Lokala%20inställningar\Application%20Data\Panda%20Security\Panda%20Internet%20Security%202009\AntiSpam >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>