Neolithic and Bronze Age apples are mostly in halves and charred.
Being in halves means drying.
A new article on Neolithic apples is in preparation by Wiebke Kirleis and others.
Am 22 Sep 2010 um 0:18 hat Ryan Allen geschrieben:
> I'll have a closer look tomorrow but I know of a couple sites where
> the charred apple seed deposits were so large it would have to have
> been whole apple/core dumping.
>
> On 21 Sep 2010, at 23:24, Alys Vaughan-Williams
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > I'm working on a few samples from a Neolithic enclosure site in
> > Ireland. One sample from a possible cist contains a number of
> > charred apple seeds (Malus sylvestris) and also a couple of
> > fragments of endocarps. I have read Monk 1988 who found charred
> > Malus endocarps. The article refers to the apples having been dried
> > prior to charring. I was wondering if an endocarp has to be dried
> > for it to be preserved through charring?
> >
> > The site is also believed to be ritual due to the artefacts
> > recovered. Does anyone know of any examples of ritual deposition of
> > apples? Would a whole apple thrown on a fire burn down to just the
> > core / seeds? The only other material preserved in this sample were
> > fragments of hazelnut shell (Corylus avellana) and a few cereal
> > grains.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Alys
> > -----------------------------
> > Alys Vaughan-Williams
> > Consultant Archaeobotanist
> > www.alysvaughanwilliams.co.uk
>
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