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Dear Lara and Tania, Thanks for your inputs and advises. Lara, I agree that object 1 is either a fruit or compound fruit. Unfortunately in the short term I don't have easy access to an electronic microscope. It case it helps, I attach here additional pictures of small round and irregularly shaped specimens found in the same sample of object 1. It* might* be reasonable to consider them as seeds detached from object 1. Tania, I confirm that the specimen is smaller than expected for mulberry. Surely, if we take into consideration drying before charring dimensions must be reconsidered. Lorenzo -- Lorenzo Castellano academia page <https://nyu.academia.edu/LorenzoCastellano> Institute for the Study of the Ancient World New York University 15 East 84th Street New York, NY 10028 On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 12:46 PM Lara González <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear Lorenzo, > > I could not tell you exactly what object 1 and 2 are without looking under > the microscope but what I can say is that I can see embedded small round > seeds in object 1 and looking at the seedcoat might help the > identification. Do you have access to SEM? > > Lara > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Lorenzo Castellano <[log in to unmask]> > Date: 23/05/2019 17:09 (GMT+00:00) > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Help with identifications > > Dear all, > > I'm wondering if any of you can help us with those two IDs (see attached > pictures). Object 1 should be a fruit fragment. We initially considered > *Capparis*, but seeds are significantly smaller than expected. Any help > would be much appreciated! Those materials are coming from the Hellenistic > occupation levels of the citadel of a multi-stratified site in southern > Cappadocia, in the Central Anatolia plateau (ca. 1100 m asl). > > Many thanks for the help, > > Best wishes, > Lorenzo > > Lorenzo Castellano > academia page > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nyu.academia.edu_LorenzoCastellano&d=DwMFAw&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=71iT3nMJ1kldmxjcNQNJVg&m=gP3I8YvRuJBedjN2g8CKKc4Ckw7pIuO6-SsxBRkrQqc&s=vu-lvQkBTyCCFxqipi4h_MD5heGRnbZ7hNuqPnIqMIc&e=> > Institute for the Study of the Ancient World > New York University > 15 East 84th Street > New York, NY 10028 > -- > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the ARCHAEOBOTANY list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=ARCHAEOBOTANY&A=1 > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.jiscmail.ac.uk_cgi-2Dbin_webadmin-3FSUBED1-3DARCHAEOBOTANY-26A-3D1&d=DwMFAw&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=71iT3nMJ1kldmxjcNQNJVg&m=gP3I8YvRuJBedjN2g8CKKc4Ckw7pIuO6-SsxBRkrQqc&s=msRyDLWjRAETIdt22XxGYvEBF8CpY87eLEebtKDRLqA&e=> > ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the ARCHAEOBOTANY list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=ARCHAEOBOTANY&A=1