ABSTRACT
The sites of prehistoric food-gatherers across the East European Plain are sufficiently rich in plant remains that have been systematically studied in archaeological centres of the former Soviet Union. One should remark that traditionally the bulk of relevant information came from pollen analysis performed both on-site and off-site. The pollen data usually provide a generalized picture of the vegetation environment and focus on the potential economic use of plant resources. The identification of plant macroremains from on-site deposits was relatively less developed in the former Soviet Union, but even in that area there have been considerable attainments (Yanushevich 1976; Pashkevich 1991).
