Archaeobotany on the Samosdelka settlement: the first results of researches
In the article results of archaeobotanical research are presented a collection obtained on the Samosdelskoe settlement. It was analysed 25 samples extracted with the manual flotation of an occupation layer, and also heavy fractions (a mineral deposit) some of these samples (12 tests). Besides, are studied 7 bulk congestions of the grain which have been found out visually. Considering disorder of samples on chronological horizons and objects from 11<sup>th</sup> to sulfurs. 14<sup>th</sup> in while it is possible to discuss only total list of taxa. In flotation samples and their heavy fractions 12364 macrorests of crops, fruit and weed plants, both in charred, and in mineralized a kind are revealed. The basic agricultural crops of a site are broomcorn millet and bread wheat. Oats, barley, a rye and lentil had smaller value. Unique for today grain kernel the rice, found in layer 11<sup>th</sup>-12<sup>th</sup> centuries specifies in elite consumption of certainly import production by inhabitants of Saksin. Among fruit plants, whose seeds have been found out in significant amounts, it is necessary to note a mulberry, a water-melon, a melon and grapes.