Dear Lucie Are you sure it is a seed or fruit? The lower pictures remind me of a Salix bud. Kind Regards Wouter BIAX ----- Original Message ----- From: Lucie Martin To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 3:00 PM Subject: mysterious seeds Dear list members, Here is a seed that I, as well as many of my colleagues, can't identify. It concerns charred seeds from a neolithic site situated in the Northern French Alps at an altitude of 1800 m. I would be pleased with any of your suggestions! Kind regards Lucie Martin ******************************************************************* Lucie Martin *UMR 7209 - Archéozoologie, archéobotanique : sociétés, pratiques et environnements Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Bât. Anatomie comparée CP56 55 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France *Institute of Prehistory and Archaeological Science (IPAS); Basel University, Spalenring 145, CH – 4055 Basel. +41(0)22 379 69 48 [log in to unmask] http://pages.unibas.ch/arch/archbot/address/martin.htm