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A method used to recover seeds from archaeological sites. Soil is placed into a large container of water. The soil falls to the container's bottom, while the seeds remain floating on the water’s surface.
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A method used to recover seeds from archaeological sites. Soil is placed into a large container of water. The soil falls to the container's bottom, while the seeds remain floating on the water’s surface.