In the medieval
village of Mankby several building structures and a fossil field were recovered.
The main focus of this tudy is on the archaeobotanical results derived from a two-roomed
cottage (building 23-24) and a stone cellar (buildings 25) and a single-roomed cottage
(building 11).

Macrofossil
analyses were carried out on soil samples collected from different
archaeological contexts of which the most important and fruitful were the
building contexts and the fossil field layers. The dating of the contexts ranges
from the 13^th century to the mid-15^th century. The
archaeobotanical material consisted mainly of charred coniferous needles,
cereal grains and arable weeds. The results show differences in the preserved
materials from different contexts from different time periods.

The
archaeobotanical data supports the archaeological results and interpretations
of the excavated buildings from the medieval village of Mankby. According to
the data, there is clear evidence of early rye cultivation in the medieval
village of Mankby, which lasted for several centuries. Results of the
archaeobotanical analysis reflect the patterns of life on a longer time scale,
throughout the whole history of Mankby, from the mid-13th century until
mid-16th century.