The Hansa-Network project
A newly established cooperation
within the Baltic region

ARCHAEOBOTANY at some POLISH 
archaeological sites dated to the Hansa-period

by Malgorzata Latalowa, Monika Badura and Joanna Jarosinska

 
Elblag
Kolobrzeg
Gdansk
Hansa Corporation since (year)
1356
1363
1373
Number of sites
10
11
6
Chronology
13-14th c
13-15th c
13-18th c
Archaeological features (no. of samples):
     
Latrines
6
5
37
Huses
41
-
2
Yards
176
130
2
Granaries
-
2
18
Others and indet. culture layers
48
36
32
Number of samples (total)
271
173
91
Category I*
82
110
91
Category II**
120
-
-
Category III***
69
63
-
Number of taxa (total)
344
265
250
Cultivated species (excl. exotic)
21
24
40
Imported (exotic)
6
3
9
Wild (?) berries and nuts
14
13
15
* “full” samples (300 ml subsample: full content of three fractions: 0.2, 0.5 and 1 mm and 1-2 kg for coarse fraction (2.0 mm)
** other selection methods
*** selection of large diaspores taken by archaeologists
List of cultivated and imported taxa
Cereals
Avena sativa
-
+
+
Fagopyrum esculentum
-
+
+
Hordeum vulgare
+
+
+
Panicum miliaceum
+
+
+
Secale cereale
+
+
+
Triticum aestivum s.l.
+
+
+
Pulses
Pisum sativum
-
-
+
Vegetables, spices, oil plants, others
Allium cepa
+
-
+
Anethum graveolens
+
+
+
Apium graveolens
+
+
+
Beta vulgaris
-
+
+
Brassica napus
+
-
+
Brassica nigra
+
+
+
Brassica rapa
+
+
+
Cannabis sativa
+
+
+
Carum carvi
-
+
+
Coriandrum sativum
-
-
+
Cucumis sativus
-
-
+
Daucus carota
+
+
+
Foeniculum vulgare
-
-
+
Humulus lulpulus
+
+
+
Linum usitatissimum
+
+
+
Papaver somniferum
+
+
+
Pastinaca sativa
+
+
+
Petroselinum crispum
-
-
+
Ruta graveolens
-
-
+
Satureja hortensis
-
-
+
Fruit trees and shrubs
Cerasus avium
+
+
+
Cerasus vulgaris
+
+
+
Malus sp.
+
+
+
Prunus domestica
+
+
+
Prunus isititia
+
+
+
Pyrus communis
+
+
+
Ribes nigrum
-
-
+
Ribes rubrum
-
-
+
Ribes uva-crispa
-
-
+
Exotic species
Aframomum melegueta
-
-
+
cf. Cydonia oblonga
-
-
+
Ficus carica
+
+
+
Juglans regia
+
+
+
Morus alba
-
-
+
Myristica fragrans
+
-
-
Oryza sativa
-
 
+
Persica vulgaris
+
-
-
Pimenta dioica
-
-
+
Piper nigrum
+
-
+
Vitis vinifera
+
+
+