Dear All,
Does anyone have any information on any plant finds in the Jerusalem area?
Thanks in advance,
Jill Hamilton
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Subject: Nettle String
> Dear All
>
> I received a query regarding nettle string (pasted below). I don't know
> much
> about it and was wondering if someone could suggest articles or contacts
> that I
> could forward to Christopher Riddell.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Lucy Allott
>
>
> Dr. L.F.Allott
> Archaeobotanist
> Archaeology South-East
> 1 West Street
> Ditchling
> West Sussex
> BN6 8TS
>
>
> Hello
> I am trying to find an authority on nettle string,
> medieval or earlier, following the discovery of a
> substantial amount of twisted two-strand string in
> deposits scoured out of a former channel bed running
> across the foreshore at Long Rock, Swalecliffe, Kent,
> Map Ref TR143682. The string, two separate pieces
> approx 15 cms long and what can best be described as a
> jumble of string are contained within lumps of
> vegetative matter which I believe to have come from
> the edge of one of the channel beds, currently exposed
> by the tide. It has been suggested that the jumble of
> string may be the remains of a fishing net. I
> understand the shingle spits at Long Rock have
> produced many finds over the years, with the Bronze
> Age and Ice Age being well represented, and I am keen
> to confirm that what I found is nettle string, also to
> discover if anything in the surrounding matter
> provides dating evidence and to ascertain the best way
> of conserving the find. Any help or suggestions would
> be much appreciated.
> Regards
>
> Christopher Riddell
>
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