Fig 1.
A map of Central Asia showing the location of medieval archaeological sites that have reports of preserved archaeobotanical material (carbonized and/or desiccated).
Table 1.
Total seed counts, density, ubiquity, and liters of sediment from two excavation units at Tashbulak.
Fig 2.
Cereal Grains from the Tashbulak site: a) an example of a hexaploid wheat rachis on the top and a tetraploid wheat rachis on the bottom; b) hexaploid wheat rachises; c) and d) culm nodes of a grass species that is roughly the size of a typical cereal plant; e) three views of a barley grain; f) three views of a compact free-threshing wheat grain; and g) a barley rachis with a close-up of the hairs along the margin.
Fig 3.
Front and back view of a whole preserved grape with a ventral and dorsal view of a grape pip, all from Tashbulak.
Fig 4.
Three views of a carbonized apricot pit on the bottom, with fruit flesh still adhered to the stone, and two views of half of a peach pit, top, both from Tashbulak.
Fig 5.
Two side views of one carbonized melon seed from Tashbulak, with an inset photo of a close-up of the surface striations and a double inset photo of a modern melon seed with similar surface striations.