I do not know about those materials. Does anyone have any ideas?
Very recently I found those materials from a stone tool (andesite) of an archaeological site (middle to late Jomon) in Japan. I do not think they are ancient starch. But what are these?
Photos (no-polarlized & polarlized): "strange materials"
scale bar = 10 μm, magnification = 400x
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E.g. Ancient starch in Japan (not identified yet)
scale bar = 10 μm, magnification = 400x
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Very recently I found those materials from a stone tool (andesite) of an archaeological site (middle to late Jomon) in Japan. I do not think they are ancient starch. But what are these?
Photos (no-polarlized & polarlized): "strange materials"
scale bar = 10 μm, magnification = 400x
Copyright by ayako
E.g. Ancient starch in Japan (not identified yet)
scale bar = 10 μm, magnification = 400x
Copyright by ayako
After uploading this note, some archaeologists suggested this object is its some kind of "spherulite".
ReplyDeleteThis means 'discrete arrangements of fine, usually fibrous
crystallites arranged in a radial or concentric pattern.' (Canti 1997*)
*M. G. Canti 1997. An Investigation of Microscopic Calcareous Spherulites from Herbivore Dungs. Journal of Archaeological Science 24: 219-231.