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Table 1 Total of starch granules and other micro-remains detected in dental calculus. The amount of each micro-debris identified by microscopic analysis was shown per individual. Morphotype I, starch of Fabaceae; morphotype II, starch of Fagaceae; morphotype III, starch of Poeae; morphotype IV, starch of Paniceae; morphotype V, starch of Triticeae; morphotype VI, starch of Sorghum sp.; indeterminate starch granules; O, Oleaceae pollen grain; H, Hedera pollen grain; C, Castanea pollen grain; J, Juglans regia pollen grain; ND, indeterminate pollen grain; F, plant fiber; DH, Cervidae or Bovidae hair; BH, bee hair; T, peltate trichome; GB, fragment of feather barbule of Galliformes; AB, fragments of feather barbule of Anseriformes. In addition, sex (M: male; F: female) and age at death (in years) of each individual were reported

From: Lifestyle of a Roman Imperial community: ethnobotanical evidence from dental calculus of the Ager Curensis inhabitants

Burial

Sex

Age at death

Morphotype I

Morphotype II

Morphotype III

Morphotype IV

Morphotype V

Morphotype VI

Indeterminate

Total starches per sample

Pollen grains

Other micro-remains

1

M

30–45

   

1

2

 

1

4

  

2

M

30–45

1

  

3

  

1

5

 

3F

3

M

30–45

    

3

 

2

5

  

4

F

16–20

   

1

4

 

8

13

  

6

M

30–45

    

2

 

1

3

 

1F

8

M

30–40

2

 

16

1

22

92

3

136

 

3F+1DH

9

M

20–35

 

8

11

 

5

1

1

26

  

10

M

35–45

1

   

8

1

2

12

1O

 

11

M

13–25

1

 

5

 

5

2

20

33

  

12

F

24–35

   

1

  

2

3

 

1BH

14

M

20–30

   

2

5

 

20

27

  

17

F

20–35

  

6

2

25

 

12

45

  

21

F

35–45

    

1

3

18

22

  

23

M

20–35

1

 

1

 

5

 

16

23

 

2F

24

F

20–35

 

1

1

  

2

 

4

  

25

F

20–35

1

   

31

1

40

73

  

26

M

20–35

2

 

3

 

7

2

15

29

  

27

M

16–20

 

2

5

25

10

1

6

49

1H

2 T+1AB

28

M

16–35

   

2

2

1

2

7

1C+1ND

1GB

29

M

40–45

      

4

4

  

31

M

16–35

  

5

5

5

2

5

22

1 J+1ND

1AB

34

M

≤ 45

1

   

5

2

 

8

  

36

F

24–35

    

2

 

5

7

  

38

M

≤ 45

1

   

2

  

3

  

39

M

20–35

    

2

1

 

3

 

2F

40

M

25–35

    

1

1

 

2

  

41

M

25–35

    

3

  

3

  

Total

 

11

11

53

43

157

112

184

571

6

18