Plants from the pasyryk burial mounds (South Altai, Ukok Plateau)

摘要

Examination of plant remains from burial mounds of the culture of ancient stock-breeders dated from the V--II centuries B. C. (The Altai Mountains, Ukok Plateau) has revealed fragments of sedges, grasses, goosefoot, pondweed, coriander and other species, exhibiting specific characters of representatives of the flora of Ukok: Carex ensifolia Turez. ex V. Krecz., C. brunnescens (Pers.) Poir., Chenopodium prostratum subsp. karoi (J. Murr) Lomonosova, Potamogeton vaginatus Turcz., Ziziphora clinopodioides Lam. Finding of seeds of coriander, which does not grow wild in the Altai, confirms the existence of cultural contacts between the ancient Altai stock-breeders and peoples of the Central Asia.