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I agree. Image 000, 3in particular looks like, an Arrhenatherum elatius ssp. bulbosum ' tuber'.
kind regards
Gill
Gill Campbell
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Subject: AW: Unidentified macrofossils
Did you try Arrhenatherum bulbs? Best wishes, Örni
Dr. Örni Akeret
Integrative Prähistorische und Naturwissenschaftliche Archäologie IPNA Universität Basel Spalenring 145
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Betreff: Unidentified macrofossils
Dear colleagues,
Please see the attached photographs.
I have found these carbonised macrofossils in samples from a AD 1400-1500 house from Funen in Denmark. The construction was completely burnt and excavated and sampled in the form of an extensive charred layer. The remaining evidence shows traces of various stages of crop processing inside the house in the form of chaff, straw and concentrations of arable weeds as well as probable fodder collection in the form of wetland and grassland taxa. Storage and probable consumption of cereals is also indicated by concentrations of cleaned grain (oat, rye and hulled barley but no wheat of any kind). The arable weeds belong both to summer annual species and taxa commonly associated with autumn sowing (probably of rye) such as Agrostemma githago and Centaurea cyanus.
I have a nagging feeling that I have seen similar specimens illustrated somewhere, but my own inquiries have run into dead ends.
Since I have about 50 of these macrofossils distributed over 10 or so samples any suggestions you may have concerning these finds would be highly appreciated.
Kind regards!
Radoslaw Grabowski
PhD, Archaeology/Environmental Archaeology Lecturer, Umeå University
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