Plant Husbandry and Vegetation of Tell Gomolava, Vojvodina, Yugoslavia

This paper describes the results of the archaeobotanical examination of Neolithic, Eneolithic and Iron Age occupation levels of Tell Gomolava, Yugoslavia. The original vegetation of the Gomolava area was mixed deciduous forest, and riverine forest in the valley of the nearby Sava river. Through all periods, wheat, barley and lentil were staple crops, while broomcom millet (Panicum miliaceum) had considerably gained in importance in Iron Age levels. Other cereal and pulse crops, such as oats, rye, pea and broad bean (Vicia faba var. minor), played a much more modest part. Flax (linseed) is only scarcely represented. Mention should be made of the prominent role of einkom wheat (Triticum monococcum). Wild fruits,…