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I would go with larva casing. 

David Goldstein
Tribal and Cultural Affairs-Northeast Region
National Park Service
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> On Jan 18, 2018, at 10:43 AM, Wiebke Kirleis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Dear all,
> When re-visiting archived material from a Neolithic site in a wetland area in northern Germany, we came across the weird big "something" that you can see from the inner and outer side in the attached jpg. The inner wall shows a pattern with some stripes. Has anyone seen something similiar yet? I am not sure if it is a botanical remain at all - maybe zoological? Scales are milimeters from a simple ruler, thus it measures about 1.5 x 2.5 cm.
> Looking forward to get some comments,
> best,
> Wiebke
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