Abstract
The article presents one of the most interesting results of an archaeobotanical analysis of material from the early medieval settlement complex in Radom. These results provided data on useful plants and the paleoenvironment of the site. In the case of two species, it was possible to designate specific sites of their origin. The most interesting species mentioned above are Origanum vulgare and Vaccinium uliginosum. The first one could only grow at one site, slightly away from the settlement. Regarding the second species, the closest sites of occurrence of V. uliginosum can presently be found 40 km from the excavated site. This is quite a long distance from the point of view of early medieval man. It is worth emphasising that the finds of bog bilberry are the oldest remains of V. uliginosum that have been discovered at a Polish archaeological site.
Highlights
The early medieval settlement complex in Radom consists of the ‘Piotrówka’ stronghold (Site 1), five open settlements (Sites 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6) and the burial ground (Site 4) (Fig. 1). This complex was explored and partially examined in the second half of the 20th century as part of archaeological work conducted in the town by the Institute of the History of Material Culture of the Polish Academy of Sciences (: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences) over a period of at least a dozen years (Skubicha 2010, 106-112)
In the excavation seasons 2009-2012, new archaeological work was conducted as part of the revitalisation project of the municipal cultural park ‘Old Radom’
In 2011, archaeological excavations were undertaken to evaluate the state of preservation of the wooden structures discovered there in the 1960s and 1970s, and to obtain wood samples for dating of the settlement complex
Summary
The early medieval settlement complex in Radom consists of the ‘Piotrówka’ stronghold (Site 1), five open settlements (Sites 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6) and the burial ground (Site 4) (Fig. 1). This complex was explored and partially examined in the second half of the 20th century as part of archaeological work conducted in the town by the Institute of the History of Material Culture of the Polish Academy of Sciences (: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences) over a period of at least a dozen years (Skubicha 2010, 106-112).
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