Paleobotanical study of the Rurik Settlement (Veliky Novgorod, 2016)
https://doi.org/10.30901/2658-3860-2025-2-o2
Abstract
Identification and study of carpological finds from various archaeological excavation sites is an important part of determining the cultural features of the floristic composition of past centuries. The material for our study was obtained from excavations at the Rurik Settlement in Veliky Novgorod. The purpose of this work was to establish the species affiliation of macroremains of seeds and fruits that grew in this region in the Middle Ages. The obtained samples were freed from impurities by flotation. The morphological method was used to identify the carpological and seed material. Laboratory processing of fossil samples made it possible to distinguish grains of rye, barley and wheat, as well as a large number of weeds and associated plants. It was found that the Bronnitsky Settlement, studied in 2013–2014, is distinguished by a greater diversity of carpological material than the Rurik Settlement. It was also found that the composition of the fossil flora of the aforementioned archaeological sites is dominated by various cultivated cereals.
About the Authors
A. I. NikulinaRussian Federation
Alexandra I. Nikulina, Junior Researcher, VIR
42, 44, Bolshaya Morskaya Street, St. Petersburg 190000, Russia
L. Yu. Shipilina
Russian Federation
Lilia Yu. Shipilina, Cand. Sci. (Biology), Senior Researcher, VIR
42, 44, Bolshaya Morskaya Street, St. Petersburg 190000, Russia
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Nikulina A.I., Shipilina L.Yu. Paleobotanical study of the Rurik Settlement (Veliky Novgorod, 2016). Vavilovia. https://doi.org/10.30901/2658-3860-2025-2-o2
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