I would go with larva casing. David Goldstein Tribal and Cultural Affairs-Northeast Region National Park Service [log in to unmask] Mobile: 313.506.5959 > On Jan 18, 2018, at 10:43 AM, Wiebke Kirleis <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > 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 > > > > > -- > Prof. Dr. Wiebke Kirleis > Umweltarchäologie/Archäobotanik > > Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte > Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel > Johanna-Mestorf-Strasse 2-6 | D-24118 Kiel | Germany > > Telefon: 0049 (0)431/880-3173 > Fax: 0049 (0)431/880-7300 > > www.ufg.uni-kiel.de/ > > -- > Graduate School "Human Development in Landscapes" > www.gshdl.uni-kiel.de/ > > -- > "Advances in Archaeobotany" > www.archaeobotany.eu/ > <Wangels_LA505_i_i-n.jpg> > <Wangels_LA505_a_a-f.jpg>