Archaebotany,
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Larry
At 04:39 PM 5/17/02 +0100, you wrote:
>oops the last message was meant for Patricia. but if any one else knows feel
>free to answer.
>thank you to every one who has replied.
>
>Kath Hunter
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Kath Hunter" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 3:59 PM
>
>
>> Hi,
>> thank you.
>> Am I right in thinking it is the toxicity of the copper alloy, as it
>> corodes, that inhibits the action of organisms that would normaly result
>in
>> the decay of the plant material? I have seen organic material that has
>> been replaced by corroding metal but it is the first time I have seen
>actual
>> plant remains survive this way. All be it with a thin crust of corrosion
>> product on some of the nuts.
>>
>> Kath Hunter
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Patricia Wiltshire" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 3:24 PM
>>
>>
>> > I have had beautiful preservation of pollen from a late Iron Age/Early
>> > Romano-British copper vessel from Colchester. I was able to interpret
>the
>> > vessel's function from the pollen assemblage. This should be published
>> > shortly.
>> >
>> > Patricia Wiltshire
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Anaya Sarpaki" <[log in to unmask]>
>> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> > Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 8:44 PM
>> >
>> >
>> > > Dear Kath,
>> > >
>> > > Barley seeds have been found in the proximity of a bronze saw at
>> Akrotiri,
>> > > Thera (unpublished) and have been preserved by oxidation. LBA (c.1600
>> bc).
>> > > Lime could cause a mineralisation of organic remaiins too...
>> > >
>> > > Best wishes,
>> > >
>> > > Anaya Sarpaki
>> > >
>> > > ----- Original Message -----
>> > > From: "Kath Hunter" <[log in to unmask]>
>> > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> > > Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 7:51 PM
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > > Hi,
>> > > > has anyone come across references for Corylus avellana and or Malus
>> > > > sylvestris being found inside vessels in Saxon burials. I am working
>> on
>> > > some
>> > > > Hazelnuts found inside a copper alloy bowl and would like to know if
>> > there
>> > > > are any parallels.
>> > > > I am also interested in other plant remains that have been
>> preserved
>> > by
>> > > > their proximity to metal objects in the ground. I have seen wood
>and
>> > > > textiles preserved by contact with copper alloy and iron objects but
>I
>>
>> > am
>> > > > unfamiliar with the preservation of other types of plant remains in
>> this
>> > > > way.
>> > > > Thank you
>> > > >
>> > > > Kath Hunter
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > >
>> >
>>
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