Dear Sara, I think it is a long shoot bud of Ulmus. Kind regards Petra -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dipl. biol. Petra Zibulski Integrative Prähistorische und Naturwissenschaftliche Archäologie Universität Basel Spalenring 145 CH - 4055 Basel Tel. 0041 61 201 02 37 (direkt) Tel. 0041 61 201 02 00 (Sekretariat) Fax 0041 61 201 02 35 Am 02.12.2014 um 16:34 schrieb Sara Westling <[log in to unmask]>: > Dear all, > > I have found this little thing in a posthole from a viking age house in southwestern Norway. It’s about 3x2,5 mm. It looks like a seed or a bud of some kind but I haven’t seen anything like it before. Does anyone recognize it? > > Best regards > > > Sara Westling > > Palaeobotanist and archaeologist > Museum of Archaeology > University of Stavanger, Norway > > Tlf: +4751832640 > > > <2011-07-504, indet.jpg><2011-07-504, indet2.jpg><2011-07-504, indet3.jpg><2011-07-504, indet4.jpg>