Hi all,
That was my first guess too but I wasn't sure.. I agree with Mikael it could be.
Lara.
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From: "Mikael Larsson" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: SV: Unidentified macrofossils
Date: Sun, Oct 5, 2014 15:02
Dear Radoslaw,
Something that may be an option to look for is if the specimens are grain, presumably barley (?), which were broken before charring. That is, spill from grain broken in a mill or in a mortar process before charring.
Best regards,
Mikael
Department of archaeology and ancient history
University of Lund
Box 117, 22100 Lund
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Dear colleagues,
Please see the attached photographs.
I have found these carbonised macrofossils in samples from a AD 1400-1500 house from Funen in Denmark. The construction was completely burnt and excavated and sampled in the form of an extensive charred layer. The remaining evidence shows traces of various stages of crop processing inside the house in the form of chaff, straw and concentrations of arable weeds as well as probable fodder collection in the form of wetland and grassland taxa. Storage and probable consumption of cereals is also indicated by concentrations of cleaned grain (oat, rye and hulled barley but no wheat of any kind). The arable weeds belong both to summer annual species and taxa commonly associated with autumn sowing (probably of rye) such as Agrostemma githago and Centaurea cyanus.
I have a nagging feeling that I have seen similar specimens illustrated somewhere, but my own inquiries have run into dead ends.
Since I have about 50 of these macrofossils distributed over 10 or so samples any suggestions you may have concerning these finds would be highly appreciated.
Kind regards!
Radoslaw Grabowski
PhD, Archaeology/Environmental Archaeology
Lecturer, Umeå University
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