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

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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

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From: Lorenzo Castellano <[log in to unmask]>

Date: 23/05/2019 17:09 (GMT+00:00)

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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

Institute for the Study of the Ancient World

New York University

15 East 84th Street

New York, NY 10028

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