On Oct 2, 2012, at 4:19, "PELLING, Ruth" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I agree that the unknown in number 3 is a Vitis.
>
> The last one looks like fragments of a large nut shell or fruit - hard to tell from the photograph.
>
> Ruth
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The archaeobotany mailing list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mia LempiƤinen-Avci
> Sent: 02 October 2012 08:51
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> Subject: plant remains from 18th century shipwreck
>
> Dear all,
> Could you help me to identify these seeds and other remains on attached pictures.
> They are from a shipwreck called Vrouw Maria (Lady Mary), she was a Dutch merchant ship carrying a valuable cargo of art objects and sank on 1771, in the outer archipelago of Finland.
> All remains are from wooden barrels. Vrouw Maria was loaded with precious artifacts including works of art belonging to Catherine the Great of Russia.
> The ship set sail from Amsterdam on September 5, 1771, for Saint Petersburg.
>
> Pictures A and B are same seeds, B is after removing the fruit.
>
> Thank you in advance!
> - Mia
>
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> Mia LempiƤinen-Avci, MA
> PhD student
> Herbarium
> University of Turku
> Finland
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