Carpological surveys of the Bronnitsky Settlement in the Novgorod Province
https://doi.org/10.30901/2658-3860-2024-1-o2
Abstract
Identification of the diversity of cultivated plants of past historical epochs provides valuable information for clarifying the ways of formation of the cultural flora in a particular region. The medieval economy of ancient northern Russia was formed on the basis of a developed agrarian culture. The revealing of the composition and origin of its traditions is an important fundamental task. The purpose of this work was to study and determine the species identity of carbonized fossil remains of seeds and fruit crops that grew in the medieval northwestern Russia. Based on the results of morphological analysis of fossil plant remains, the presence of wheat, rye, barley and oat kernels was revealed.
Supporting agencies: The work was performed within the framework of the State Assignment in accordance with the Thematic Plan of VIR, Project FGEM-2022-0006 “Disclosing the scientific potential of the herbarium collection at VIR as an independent specific unit of worldwide agricultural biodiversity conservation for scientifically justified mobilization, effective studying and preservation of genetic diversity of cultivated plants and their wild relatives”.
About the Author
L. Yu. Shipilina
N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Lilia Y. Shipilina, Cand. Sci. (Biology), Senior Researcher, VIR
42, 44, Bolshaya Morskaya Street, St. Petersburg, 190000 Russia
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Shipilina L.Yu. Carpological surveys of the Bronnitsky Settlement in the Novgorod Province. Vavilovia. 2024;7(1):27-37. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.30901/2658-3860-2024-1-o2
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