Anyone ever found Beans?

[HillBilly244]

I found these on the site we have been hunting, all of them buried together. At first I thought they were small black pebbles but they are actually beans. Thoughts?

 

[Al D]

Squirrels maybe?

 

[HillBilly244]

Squirrels maybe?

I highly doubt that, this site is covered by water the majority of the year. I've heard of beans and different things being found on ancient sites but I'm not ruling anything out.

 

[RTR]

Had some beans last night at.... a Holiday Inn

 

[Doubter in MD]

Was there anyone named Jack, or possibly a cow nearby?

 

[bowwinkles]

Where you were digging was it by chance a small mound brownish green. I have seen such and it was un digested plant seeds.

 

[dirstscratcher]

Yes, beans and corn both. On a 15th century site near Clyde Ohio. If they are carbonized they survive just like charcoal (because they are). The beans looked like small dried navy or kidney beans. Yours look more like squash or sunflower seeds, also possibilities. Is there evidence of occupation at your site, pottery, fire cracked rock, or a plowed out hearth. If all of the above are absent and the seeds aren't carbonized, then you've dug out a field voles winter food Stache.

 

[Indian Steve]

I've dug corn and acorns that had turned to carbon. No beans yet.

 

[releventchair]

I have not.
But it's certainly an interesting topic.

[The beans were in a clay pot sealed with pine tar and were determined by radio carbon dating to be over 1,500 years old, yet some still germinated! The beans were simply called "New Mexico Cave Beans" after the discovery of the half dozen or so beans found in a cave once inhabited by Native American peoples. ]

Anasazi beans- Ellen's Kitchen.

 

[HillBilly244]

Yes, beans and corn both. On a 15th century site near Clyde Ohio. If they are carbonized they survive just like charcoal (because they are). The beans looked like small dried navy or kidney beans. Yours look more like squash or sunflower seeds, also possibilities. Is there evidence of occupation at your site, pottery, fire cracked rock, or a plowed out hearth. If all of the above are absent and the seeds aren't carbonized, then you've dug out a field voles winter food Stache.

There is evidence that this site had been settled paleo to woodland era. We have found pottery, points, stones, pipes etc... they were at the same level as most of the artifacts.

 

[Tony in SC]

Probably left from animal PooP!

 

[tokameel]

Probably left from animal PooP!

On a side note...50 years ago my dad would entertain us kids by saying
"Beans beans, The musical fruit.
The more you eat, the more you toot.
The more you toot, the better you feel.
Let's have beans for every meal."

 

[smokeythecat]

Plant some when it warms up.

 

[sandchip]

On a side note...50 years ago my dad would entertain us kids by saying
"Beans beans, The musical fruit.
The more you eat, the more you toot.
The more you toot, the better you feel.
Let's have beans for every meal."

The version I grew up with was,

"Pork and beans are good for the heart.
The more you eat , the more you fart."

 

[Tdog]

The version I grew up with was,

"Pork and beans are good for the heart.
The more you eat , the more you fart."

Yes, and...

The more you fart, the better you feel.
Let's have beans for every meal.

 

[PaleIO]

I dug a handful of four corners potatoes one winter and had no clue what i had. after some research and growing them i discovered they were called four corners potatoes and had most likely been growing annually at the site for over 1000yrs. I was able to identify the plant the next summer once it started to bloom and determined it had sent roots into the dry overhang we had been digging. They are extremely resilient having survived dust bowl and hard winters. Definitely plant a few and see what happens. Growing the plant ultimately helped me ID the spuds and gave me an idea what to look for in nature. They may or may not germinate but you won't know until you try.

 

[PaleIO]

If anyone is interested...

 

[ARC]

Isle 5... all the way down... left hand side.

 

[1320]

Looks like Persimmon seeds. As mentioned previously, most likely a poop deposit, racoon would be my guess.

 

[xr7ator]

Actually, at least around here, the last line is "so eat more beans with every meal".