Barley grain at Uppåkra, Sweden: evidence for selection in the Iron Age

Manuring practices in the first millennium AD in southern Sweden inferred from isotopic analysis of crop remains

“…Alternatively, exchange of staple grain could have existed between settlements causing mobility of staple grain in the area, with the possibility that surrounding settlements were involved in supplying the regional center with grain. A system with crop production moving from the periphery to Uppåkra was suggested in another archaeobotanical study from the same sites by the observed size difference in barley grain [44]. Large, high-quality grain was more frequent at the regional center Uppåkra, primarily at a few house contexts in a central area of the site, when compared to sites in the surrounding areas, where smaller grain size was more common.…”

Movement of agricultural products in the Scandinavian Iron Age during the first millennium AD: 87Sr/86Sr values of archaeological crops and animals in southern Sweden

“…Another aspect of social life may have involved exchange of agricultural products. Previous studies investigating kill-off patterns of cattle and metric analyses of barley grains at Uppåkra and settlements in its surrounding area indicate the possibility of exchange of agricultural products (Magnell, Boethius, and Thilderqvist 2013;Larsson 2018). That non-local cattle and grains were also found at the settlements of Uppåkra 2:25, Hjärup and Stanstorp, in the surroundings of the regional center, indicates that these settlements were part of an exchange system of agricultural products with other regions as well.…”

“…At present, a few studies on archaeobotanical remains from Uppåkra have envisaged that the handling of plant products involved extended networks of contacts. A system with crop production from the periphery supplying Uppåkra was suggested due to the observed size differences in barley grains (Larsson 2018). Larger grains were more frequent at the regional center when compared to sites in the surrounding area, indicating that the regional center could have had access to high-quality crop products from other farming communities.…”

考古遗址中农作物种子/果核表型性状研究述评

“…塞浦路斯岛西南部My-louthkia遗址的一粒小麦、二粒小麦、大麦等驯化植物 也可能是跟随栽培技术、工具等从欧洲南部大陆进口 到岛上 [20] . 不同区域间种子遗存粒径产生差异, 也可能 是耕地间不同的环境条件(如土壤肥力)差异导致的, 这 为间接揭示先民的施肥行为提供了思路 [63] . 植物遗存 表型特征与其出土环境、遗址属性等考古学背景联系 起来, 为重建与遗址功能和居址等级相联系的农业生 产与消费, 农业生产与集约化过程中人类经济行为演 变提供重要证据.…”