Mikulčice editions
Studien zum Burgwall von Mikulčice XI
The Archaeobotany of Mikulčice
Food Supply to the Early Medieval Stronghold
- author : Michaela Látková
- place and year of release : Brno 2017
- publisher : Institute of Archaeology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno, v. v. i.
- ISBN: 978-80-7524-007-1
- Series: Spisy Archeologického ústavu AV ČR Brno 55
- ISSN: 1804-1345
Annotation
This volume is dedicated to the evaluation of archaeobotanical data obtained from new archaeological excavations in the area of the Mikulčice-Kopčany settlement agglomeration between 2005 and 2014. Through intensive sampling of the excavated area and the application of state-of-the-art techniques for the extraction of plant macroremains from archaeological deposits, we were able to collect a vast archaeobotanical assemblage that was substantially varied in terms of the origin of the samples. A detailed knowledge of the archaeological context of the samples enabled us to apply a series of taphonomic, mathematic and ecological analyses. As a result of the comparison of the archaeobotanical findings and the existing archaeological theories, a study was conducted concerning the production of agricultural crops and the supply of the agglomeration with foodstuffs of plant origin.
Contents
1. Introduction
13–16
2. Natural conditions
17–20
3. Cultural and historical situation
21–22
4. Methodology
23–32
5. Characteristics of find contexts of archaeobotanical samples
33–46
6. General results
47–70
7. Taphonomic analysis and origin of archaeobotanical samples
71–100
8. Economy
101–106
9. Ecological attributes of wild species
107–132
10. Conclusion
133–136
Resumé
137–142
References
143–152
Attachments
153–244