Sample

Apple

97-124-145

Location: On Display in the Ancient Food & Flavor

From: Switzerland | Zurich Canton | Lake Pfaffikon | Robenhausen

Curatorial Section: European

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Object Number 97-124-145
Current Location Ancient Food & Flavor - On Display
Culture Swiss Lake Dweller
Provenience Switzerland | Zurich Canton | Lake Pfaffikon | Robenhausen
Locus Lake Dwelling
Period Neolithic
Date Made 4300-2300 BCE
Section European
Materials Apple
Description

1 sample = 8 specimen of Apple: Halved and dried and later carbonized. The smaller specimens of the wild apple, the larger specimens evidently from a cultivated apple. Original vial/mount not preserved.

Credit Line Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997
Other Number L-124-145 - Old Museum Number | 11078 - ANSP Number | 35 - Collector Number

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