Palaeoethnobotanical materials from Znamenskoe hill-fort and Dyakovo culture grain production

The article provides an overview of the study of palaeoethnobotanical materials of Dyakovo culture. It introduces in the scienti?c circulation new materials from Znamenskoe hillfort. A statistical analysis of the data obtained from the settlement was carried out. The authors have conducted a comparative analysis of representative materials from the whole Dyakovo culture. On the basis of the whole complex of data on palaeoethnobotanical materials of the Dyakovo culture there was analyzed grain production and changes in it during the ?rst periods of this culture (from the 7th century BC to the 4th century AD). The results do not pretend to be the ?nal decision; they only specify the general trend for all ?forest? cultures, to which N.A. Kiryanova has already drawn attention.