Published: 2020-04-17

Plants of the Funnel Beaker culture in Poland

Marek Nowak , Maria Lityńska-Zając , Magdalena Moskal-del Hoyo , Aldona Mueller-Bieniek , Magda Kapcia , Krzysztof Kotynia
Sprawozdania Archeologiczne
Section: Articles
DOI https://doi.org/10.23858/SA/72.2020.1.005

Abstract

Neolithic communities appeared in Polish territories around the mid-6th millennium BC. However, till the beginning of the 4th millennium BC, they inhabited only small enclaves. Situation of this kind changed within the first half of the 4th millennium BC, when majority of Polish territories was settled by Neolithic groups reflected as the Funnel Beaker culture (TRB). There is a fairly large amount of data on plants cultivated by TRB people. On this ground one can conclude that mainly Triticum dicoccon, T. monococcum and Hordeum vulgare were grown. T. dicoccon and T. monococcum could be sown together. It should be noted that large amounts of weeds typical of cereal fields have been recorded. To determine the economic importance of other cultivars is much more difficult because of their low numbers. Nevertheless, the TRB inventories contain remains of Pisum sativum, Lens culinaris, Linum usitatissimum and Papaver somniferum.

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Poland, Neolithic, Funnel Beaker culture, cultivated plants, cultivation model

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Nowak, M., Lityńska-Zając, M., Moskal-del Hoyo, M., Mueller-Bieniek, A., Kapcia, M., & Kotynia, K. (2020). Plants of the Funnel Beaker culture in Poland. Sprawozdania Archeologiczne, 72(1), 87–114. https://doi.org/10.23858/SA/72.2020.1.005

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