Dear Marijke The best way is to do possitives of the imprints using silicone or just some good plasticine. And very useful is to compare also some negatives done in plasticine by recent ears - as George suggested. For me it can also be some wheat but telling it just on the base of photo is rather risky. Aldona 2013/12/11 Van Der Veen, Marijke (Prof.) <[log in to unmask]> > A colleague just showed me these loom weights. > All comments welcome > > Marijke > > - - - > Prof. Marijke van der Veen > Professor of Archaeology > School of Archaeology & Ancient History > University of Leicester > Leicester LE1 7RH > > > -- dr hab. Aldona Mueller-Bieniek Institute of Botany PAS Lubicz 46 PL31-512 Kraków 0048 12 42 41 754