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I would concur with the remains being small tubers rather than seeds. Terry Spurgeon MA SFU On 3/29/2017 10:31 PM, biax wrote: > > Dear Lucie, > > I think these are little lovely tubers rather than seeds > > > With best regards > > Lucy > > > Met vriendelijke groet, > > > Dr. Lucy Kubiak-Martens > Archeobotanist > Biax Consult Biological Archaeology & Environmental Reconstruction > Hogendijk 134 > 1506 AL Zaandam > Nederland > T +31 (0)75 616 10 10 > F +31 (0)75 614 99 80 > www.biax.nl <http://www.biax.nl/> > > Lucie Martin schreef op 2017-03-27 10:23: > >> Dear members, >> I have many of these...seeds? most of the time carbonized, sometimes >> mineralized (cf. picture 2). >> It comes from Chalcolithic layers in the South Caucasus (Georgia), >> dated to approx. 4600-4400 Cal. BC. >> The site is a small rock-shelter, very close to a river, at 1700 m ASL. >> Would anyone have an idea of what that might be?? >> >> Thanks, >> Best regards, >> Lucie >> >> >> ******************************************************************* >> Dr. Lucie MARTIN. Archaeobotanist >> >> *University of Geneva, Laboratory of Prehistoric Archaeology and >> Anthropology >> Institute F.-A. Forel, Uni Carl-Vogt, 66 bd Carl-Vogt, CH-1211 Geneva 4 >> *UMR 5204 EDYTEM, Université de Savoie Mont-Blanc, >> Pôle Montagne, F-73376 Le Bourget du Lac >> >> +41(0)22 379 69 48 >> [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>_ >> http://www.unige.ch/forel/lap/fr/contact/equipe/martin/ > > -- "Is it ignorance or apathy? Hey, I don't know and I don't care." Jimmy Buffet "The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits." Albert Einstein