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Dear Lucie,

Sorry about that, we tried a close-up of the cells in some photos, but the alignment in rows may not be so clear. Viscum album is not likely at this northern site.

I may share a suggestion I’ve got from Bas van Geel: roots of woody plants with periderm (epidermis of the roots)?

 

Best regards,

 

Christin

 

Fra: Lucie Martin [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sendt: 25. november 2014 13:58
Til: The archaeobotany mailing list; Christin Jensen
Emne: Re: plant material indet

 

Dear Christin,

We can’t see very clearly the cells, and I have only charred material, but did you try Viscum album bark?

 

Best regards,

Lucie

 

 

Le 25 nov. 2014 à 12:45, Christin Jensen <[log in to unmask]> a écrit :

 

Dear all,

I have found these fragments of some kind of stalk (hollow tube) in a narrow organic layer between two layers of alluvial sand at a coastal site in northern Norway. We thought it might be fern at first glance, but the small cells oriented in horizontal rows are puzzling. Do you recognize what kind of organism? The age may be late Neolithic or Bronze Age. The scale bar of the photos at page 1 and 2 is 1 mm.

 

Best regards,

 

Christin 

 

 

Dr. Christin E. Jensen

Assoc. prof. in botany, Museum of Archaeology

University of Stavanger, Norway

 

Tel. +47 51832631

 

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