Carbonised seeds in the Gumelnița settlement of Geangoești
Carbonised seeds in the Gumelnița settlement of Geangoești

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the results of the carpological analysis conducted on several older samples and particularly on a consistent batch of seeds found during the archaeological excavations carried out in 2019 in dwelling 4 of Geangoești, attributed to the Gumelnița culture. The caryopses recovered from vessel 118 are the most numerous and, to an overwhelming extent, have been attributed to the Triticum dicoccum species, and much less to the species Hordeum vulgare nudum and Pisum sativum. Barley had been attested in this settlement following the study of samples of already studied seeds. The species of seeds found in the Chalcolithic of Geangoești have been presented within the context of their attestation in the earliest settlements of Eurasia and those belonging to the Gumelnița culture in the Romanian territory. Furthermore, there have been attempts to suggest the various uses of barley, considering some finds in this regard in Romania.

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