Abstract
Plant macrofossil and fossil pollen assemblages in a well buried in the 9th century at the KazusaKokubuniji Site, one of the national temples in Kodai Period, were described and palaeovegetation around the temple was reconstructed. Plant macrofossil assemblages included many cultivated plants such as Pru.nus mume, P. persica, Diospyrus, Solanum melongena and Lagenaria siceraria. The palaeovegetation in and around the temple was mainly composed of woody plants such as Cephalotaxas harringtonia, Gettis sinensis var. japonica and Zelkova serrata, and many herbaceous plants that are common in and around human habitation. Those are new data on the relationship between human and plants at the national temple in Kodai Period in the southern Kanta.
