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)

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Table 2 Initial weight of samples and AIF weight, total number of phytoliths, identified phytoliths, unidentified/unidentifiable phytoliths and total number of fibres present in the samples

Sample	Initial weight (g)	AIF (g)	Concentration	Total	Identified	Unidentified	Leaf/stem	Inflorescence	Woody	Concentration	Fibres
TN1	1.988	1.356	46	6	4	2	3	0	0	77	10
TN2-int	1.092	0.597	15	2	1	1	0	0	0	52	7
TN2-ext	0.575	0.352	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	121	9
TN2-nuc*	0.293	0.163	104	5	2	3	0	0	1	500	24
TN3	2.143	1.266	75	4	4	0	2	0	0	283	15
TN4*	1.659	1.129	523	81	57	24	20	8	2	161	25
TN6*	1.955	1.397	458	54	41	13	25	1	2	611	72
TN7-int*	0.158	0.018	9438	25	9	16	7	0	1	8305	22
TN7-ext*	0.267	0.149	501	15	10	5	6	0	0	667	20
QT1*	2.079	1.330	205	51	31	20	13	0	2	329	82
QT2*	1.745	1.099	399	91	73	18	43	4	8	201	46
QT3	2.177	1.345	245	49	26	23	12	6	0	140	28
QT4*	1.912	1.112	4061	304	304	0	189	60	5	868	65

Samples marked with * will be discussed below as their phytoliths or fibres values are above the average for their group