Table 1 Plant microdebris recovered from dental calculus samples of Casale del Dolce.

From: Environmental implications and evidence of natural products from dental calculi of a Neolithic–Chalcolithic community (central Italy)

Lab code

Weight of calculus (g)

Starch Morphotype

Indeterminate starch

Total starches per sample

Single pollen grain

Pollen aggregates

Trichome

Fragment of plant tissues

Other microremains

I

II

III

CDD 1

0.019

2

1

  

3

  

1

  

CDD 2

0.013

2

   

2

1P

    

CDD 3

0.018

 

4

  

4

     

CDD 4

0.021

   

1

1

1GP

    

CDD 5

0.011

    

0

     

CDD 6

0.021

1

   

1

     

CDD 7

0.022

1

   

1

1A; 10B; 1C; 1Co; 2GC; 10GP; 1P; 7Q; 1T; 1U; 11ND

5

 

1

1SP

CDD 8

0.014

1

   

1

     

CDD 9

0.041

1

   

1

1GC

  

2

 

CDD 10

0.014

61

   

61

     

CDD 11

0.013

  

1

 

1

   

3

 

CDD 12

0.012

1

1

  

2

     

Total

70

6

1

1

78

49

5

1

6

1

  1. Amount and proposed identification of microparticles detected by light microscopy. Legend for pollen: A, Alchemilla-type; B, Brassicaceae; C, Cyperaceae; Co, Corylus avellana; Q, Quercus deciduous; GC, Cupressaceae; GP, Pinaceae; P, Poaceae spontaneous group; T, Trifolium-type; U, Urticaceae; ND, not determined; SP, sporangium. The weight of each dental calculus sample was reported in grams.
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