Plant remains from the early medieval lakeshore settlement Fony�d-B�latelep (Lake Balaton, Hungary) with especial emphasis on the history of fruit cultivation in Pannonia

Abstract

During the excavation of an early medieval lakeside settlement at Fonyod-Belatelep, Balaton (7th-9th century A.D.), remains of cultivated and wild plants were found in the culture layer. The main cereal crops of the Avar culture were Hordeum, Triticum and Secale. Panicum also played an important role. In addition to the cereals, 13 species of fruit trees were present. It appears that fruit cultivation survived from Roman times into the early medieval period.