Palynology of the Paravani burial mound (Early Bronze Age, Georgia)

Autor:	Kakha Kakhiani, Eliso Kvavadze
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	Palynology Archeology Linum biology Paleontology Plant Science biology.organism_classification medicine.disease_cause Population density Archaeology Bronze Age Pollen Botany medicine Juniper Coprophilous fungi Woody plant
Zdroj:	Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. 19:469-478
ISSN:	1617-6278 0939-6314
DOI:	10.1007/s00334-010-0259-x
Popis:	Information from pollen and non-pollen palynomorphs was used to reconstruct ritual burial traditions in the first half of the third millennium b.c. The floor of the burial chamber of the Paravani barrow and a ceremonial wagon were covered with flax textiles (Linum), as evidenced by the abundance of flax microfibres. The wagon was made of pine (Pinus), oak (Quercus) and juniper (Juniperus) wood. This is demonstrated by parenchyma cells of wood which were linked to the destroyed remains of the wagon. The presence of an animal skin could be established. The presence of the skin is evidenced by large amounts of pollen, ascospores of coprophilous fungi, hairs of dermestid beetle larvae and the bristle of a moth grub. According to the taxonomic composition of the flowers used for decoration of the ceremonial wagon and numerous mite remains, the burial occurred during the first half of the summer.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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