Hazelnut
These charred hazelnuts were found at the Mesolithic site at Westward Ho! in Devon and are over 6,000 years old. Hazelnuts were an important food resource as they could be stored for a long time, and are rich in protein and unsaturated fat.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 715/1988/2
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Devon archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Material
- nut shell
- Common Name
- hazelnut
- Simple Name
- plant macro remains
- Period Classification
- Mesolithic (10000-4000 BC)
