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New evidence of nutritional habits during the Late Bronze Age: analysis of the carbonized plant remains from Kalnik-Igrišče

The paper presents the preliminary results of archaeobotanical analysis of carbonised plant remains discovered inside the house dated to the Late Bronze Age. The samples have been collected at the archaeological site Kalnik- Igrišče during excavation campaigns 2016 and 2017. The plant remains were discovered inside the well-preserved remains of the house which was divided into three units. The spatial distribution of the archaeological findings and their characteristics seem to indicate a different function of each unit. The main objective of the research is to determine which types of carbonized plant macrofossils are present in the object and to establish whether there is any regularity in their appearance in relation to the position inside the house and in relation to other archaeological finds (eg. hearth area, area of deposited pottery remains, area of organic residues). The aim is also to compare the new data set with the results of the already conducted archaeobotanical research done on the sample from the nearby object that dates to the same archaeological period. A total of 54 samples was analysed containing 7417 carbonized plant macrofossils. The most numerous were the findings of barley, millet, wheat, faba bean and oak. The results of archaeobotanical analysis show that the inhabitants of Kalnik-Igrišče consumed cultivated plants (cereals and legumes) and collected various edible fruits from the nature. The comparison with the previous archaeobotanical researches of the same site shows that the plant species and their frequencies are quite similar, however, some other species as well as carbonized thermally processed food remains have been recorded also.

Kalnik-Igrišče ; Late Bronze Age ; archaeobotany ; carbonized plant macroremains

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