Dear all, attached (http://ipna.unibas.ch/archbot/picture.htm) you will find the picture of a perforated ?seed?. There were two of these objects in a Neolithic burial mound near Basel. They resemble Coix lacryma-jobi, but this seems very exotic for hat early period. On the other side they were not charred and are possibly a contamination? Does anyone have an alternative idea what it could be? Best wishes, Örni -- Dr. Örni Akeret Institut für Prähistorische und Naturwissenschaftliche Archäologie IPNA Universität Basel Spalenring 145 CH-4055 Basel +41 61 2010233 http://ipna.unibas.ch/ [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.