Thank you both for your help! I didn't think of a bud before, but it seems to fit very well. I will check und compare several species. Salix looks pretty good. Greetings, Thorsten Am Mo., 11. Feb. 2019 um 13:14 Uhr schrieb Wendy Smith < [log in to unmask]>: > I'm never great with pictures - but your images remind me of alder bud > > example of common alder (Alnus glutinosa) > https://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/alglu7.htm > > see image on right - which seems similar to your PR6 SE6 latera image > > best wishes > > Wendy > > > > > > > > * 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]] on > behalf of [log in to unmask] [[log in to unmask]] > *Sent:* 11 February 2019 11:11 > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Identification help > > Dear colleges, > > I am from the Austrian Archaeological Institute and I am currently working > on a sample from a neolithic lake dwelling in Austria (Mondsee-culture, > waterlogged material). > One of the seeds I found reminds me of the aquatic plant Stratiotes > aloides, but it is too small to be a seed from this species. It's lengh is > about 4 to 5 mm (see scale on the photo). > Do you have by chance any idea what species this might be? > > Thanks in advance! > > Greetings, Thorsten Jakobitsch > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the ARCHAEOBOTANY list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=ARCHAEOBOTANY&A=1 > ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the ARCHAEOBOTANY list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=ARCHAEOBOTANY&A=1