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Ditto – looks like an excellent resource! Thank you Wendy. [Historic England Logo]<http://www.historicengland.org.uk/> We help people understand, enjoy and value the historic environment, and protect it for the future. Historic England<https://www.historicengland.org.uk> is a public body, and we champion everyone’s heritage, across England. Follow us: Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/HistoricEngland> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/HistoricEngland> | Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/historicengland/> Sign up to our newsletter<http://webmail.historicenglandservices.org.uk/k/Historic-England/newsletter_sign_up> Help us create a list of the 100 places which tell England's remarkable story and its impact on the world. A History of England in 100 Places<https://historicengland.org.uk/100places> sponsored by Ecclesiastical<http://www.ecclesiastical.com/fororganisations/insurance/heritageinsurance/100-places/index.aspx>. We have moved! Our new London office is at 4th Floor, Cannon Bridge House, 25 Dowgate Hill, London, EC4R 2YA. This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of Historic England unless specifically stated. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system and notify the sender immediately. Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in reliance on it. Any information sent to Historic England may become publicly available. From: The archaeobotany mailing list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kath Hunter Sent: 11 May 2018 14:28 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: bud / seed ID query Hi Wendy, that is a great reference I have been searching exactly that type of book. Best wishes Kath Sent from my iPhone On 11 May 2018, at 11:19, Wendy Smith (Classics Ancient History and Archaeology) <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Chas & list members: I have to admit I haven't found Tomlinson's guide that helpful - more help for fragments I think than complete, well-preserved intact buds. I have stumbled across this German book - now translated into English: Schulz, B. 2018 Identification of Trees and Shrubs in Winter using Buds and Twigs. London: Royal Botanic Garden Kew. available via NHBS: https://www.nhbs.com/identification-of-trees-and-shrubs-in-winter-using-buds-and-twigs-book 700 European Tree taxa covered. Hope that helps. W Wendy Smith BA MSc PhD Honorary Research Fellow Department of Classics, Ancient History & Archaeology University of Birmingham Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TT ________________________________ From: The archaeobotany mailing list [[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>] on behalf of HUNTLEY, JACQUELINE P. [[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>] Sent: 10 May 2018 16:53 To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: bud / seed ID query Hi Chas, Look like buds to me too: Circaea, volume 3 No. 2, 1985<http://www.envarch.net/publications/circaea/circaea3-2.pdf> · Tomlinson, P. – An aid to the identification of fossil buds, bud-scales and catkin-scales of British trees and shrubs (p.45-130) online at: http://www.envarch.net/publications/circaea/circaea3-2.pdf (accessed 10/5/2018) Trees-identification com has, if I remember correctly, good photos of tree buds but they are US species. Might get you to a smaller range though. Cheers Jacqui, even if Ruth beat me to it mostly!! _____________________________ Jacqui Huntley Archaeobotanist/environmental archaeologist (retired) ________________________________ From: The archaeobotany mailing list <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> on behalf of Chas Simpson <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Sent: 10 May 2018 15:30:45 To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: bud / seed ID query HI folks. Looking for an id on the items inside the red circle. From a uk prehistoric peat sample. It has been suggested they might be buds ?? They are mostly pear shaped and roughly 2mm in length. Any suggestions or pointers appreciated. Cheers [cid:image001.jpg@01D3EB6E.49DE1F20]