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Fig. 11

From: The role of plants and fibres in modelling monumental terracruda sculptures of the Silk Roads: archaeobotanical analyses from the Buddhists sites of Tepe-Narenj and Qol-e-tut (Kabul, Afghanistan)

Fig. 11

Some of the nettle/ramie fibres from TN samples clearly identified according to morphological criteria (scale bar = 100 µm). Top left: change in the external shape of the fibre, slight twists and numerous diagonal striations characteristic of nettle/ramie. Top right: diagonal striations as well as thickened cell walls and visible lumen. Angular twisting, common in ramie/nettle fibres. Bottom: long fibre with slight twists and changes in cell wall thickness (in these cases the appearance of the nettle/ramie fibres can be slightly similar to cotton fibres)

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