ABSTRACT
The archaeology surrounding the town of Brze Kujawski in the Kujawy region of central Poland has been studied since the 1930s. This chapter discusses Neolithic plant husbandry in the Kujawy region of central Poland which is covered mainly with black earth and brown or grey-brown podzolic soils and is bordered by the Pock Basin, which is covered mainly with sands. The neolithisation process in the Polish lowlands was long and complicated and was completed in about 3500 BC, but in the Kujawy region near-contemporary occurrence of the Mesolithic tribes, the Lengyel-Polgar groups, and the early Funnel Beaker farmers has been observed. The chapter presents the plant material from features dated to the Linear Pottery, Lengyel and Funnel Beaker cultures (TRB). It describes the charred plant remains. A wide range of cultivated plants was recorded in samples from the Linear Pottery culture (LBK) sites, including the remains of glume wheats: einkorn, emmer and the 'new' type of glume wheat.
