MSU scientists found the seeds of domestic plants in the burial sites of ancient nomads

(Lomonosov Moscow State University) An international team of scientists including a professor of the Faculty of Soil Science, MSU studied burial sites dated back to the Bronze Age at the border between Kalmykia and Stavropol Territory and found traces of domestic barley on the walls of vessels. Local residents did not have agriculture at that time, so the barley was likely received from the peoples of leaving at the foothill of Caucasus in exchange for other goods.

from EurekAlert! - Archaeology https://ift.tt/2Fh3gQ6