Szegvár-Tűzköves is an outstanding site of the Hungarian Neolithic – one of the most important ce... more Szegvár-Tűzköves is an outstanding site of the Hungarian Neolithic – one of the most important centres of the Late Neolithic Tisza culture. We present here the evaluation of anthracological and carpological material, studied to reconstruct the vegetation around this Late Neolithic settlement and to gain information about the assortment of cultivated plants. Studied plant material comes from soil samples systematically collected from an excavated profile that cut through various contexts within the Szegvár-Tűzköves tell site. An assemblage of 842 wood charcoal fragments indicates that in the floodplain there was hardwood floodplain woodland with oak (Quercus sp.) and elm (Ulmus sp.) dominance on higher ground and willow (Salix sp.), poplar (Populus sp.) and alder (Alnus sp.) forest in the lower elevations and along the water banks. The elevated drier areas were covered by forest-steppe vegetation, possibly similar to the field elm– pedunculate oak (Ulmus minor – Quercus robur) formations that dominate open forest steppes east of the river Dnieper today. The total number of remains of cultivated plants was 342, of which the unidentifiable cereal (Cerealia) fragments dominated (81%). Determined grain and spikelet fork remains document the presence of several wheat species, among which spelt (Triticum spelta) dominate, while einkorn (Triticum monococcum), naked wheat (Triticum aestivum), emmer (Triticum dicococcum) and barley (Hordeum vulgare) are equally represented. The seeds of wild plants were rare and represented stones of possibly gathered fruits (Rosaceae) and arable or ruderal
Szegvár-Tűzköves is an outstanding site of the Hungarian Neolithic – one of the most important ce... more Szegvár-Tűzköves is an outstanding site of the Hungarian Neolithic – one of the most important centres of the Late Neolithic Tisza culture. We present here the evaluation of anthracological and carpological material, studied to reconstruct the vegetation around this Late Neolithic settlement and to gain information about the assortment of cultivated plants. Studied plant material comes from soil samples systematically collected from an excavated profile that cut through various contexts within the Szegvár-Tűzköves tell site. An assemblage of 842 wood charcoal fragments indicates that in the floodplain there was hardwood floodplain woodland with oak (Quercus sp.) and elm (Ulmus sp.) dominance on higher ground and willow (Salix sp.), poplar (Populus sp.) and alder (Alnus sp.) forest in the lower elevations and along the water banks. The elevated drier areas were covered by forest-steppe vegetation, possibly similar to the field elm– pedunculate oak (Ulmus minor – Quercus robur) formations that dominate open forest steppes east of the river Dnieper today. The total number of remains of cultivated plants was 342, of which the unidentifiable cereal (Cerealia) fragments dominated (81%). Determined grain and spikelet fork remains document the presence of several wheat species, among which spelt (Triticum spelta) dominate, while einkorn (Triticum monococcum), naked wheat (Triticum aestivum), emmer (Triticum dicococcum) and barley (Hordeum vulgare) are equally represented. The seeds of wild plants were rare and represented stones of possibly gathered fruits (Rosaceae) and arable or ruderal
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The total number of remains of cultivated plants was 342, of which the unidentifiable cereal (Cerealia) fragments dominated (81%). Determined grain and spikelet fork remains document the presence of several wheat species, among which spelt (Triticum spelta) dominate, while einkorn (Triticum monococcum), naked wheat (Triticum aestivum), emmer (Triticum dicococcum) and barley (Hordeum vulgare) are equally represented. The seeds of wild plants were rare and represented stones of possibly gathered fruits (Rosaceae) and arable or ruderal
The total number of remains of cultivated plants was 342, of which the unidentifiable cereal (Cerealia) fragments dominated (81%). Determined grain and spikelet fork remains document the presence of several wheat species, among which spelt (Triticum spelta) dominate, while einkorn (Triticum monococcum), naked wheat (Triticum aestivum), emmer (Triticum dicococcum) and barley (Hordeum vulgare) are equally represented. The seeds of wild plants were rare and represented stones of possibly gathered fruits (Rosaceae) and arable or ruderal