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Consider the upper part of a small silicle of *Rapistrum rugosum*
Yoel

On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 10:30 PM, Brinkkemper, Otto <
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>   Dear colleagues,
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> Attached are two photos of a strange seed (or fruit?) that has posed
> several Dutch archaeobotanists for unsurmountable identification problems
> (me being the first of them...). Any hints for the identification of this
> object (which has been dried, which MIGHT have caused some of the
> remarkable features) are welcome. The largest dimension is 2.0 mm. It comes
> from a cesspit dated 1475-1525.
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> With best wishes,
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> oTTo
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> Dr. O. Brinkkemper
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> Archaeobotanist
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> Cultural Heritage Agency
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> P.O.Box 1600
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> 3800 BP Amersfoort
>
> the Netherlands
>



-- 
Yoel Melamed
The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences
Bar-Ilan University
Ramat-Gan 52900, Israel
Phone: 03-5318245