Tomas Rimkus, A. Butrimas, Marius Iršėnas, J. Meadows
{"title":"The Decorated Spindle-Shaped Bone Dagger from Šarnelė: the Earliest Example of Hunter-Gatherer Mobile Art in Lithuania","authors":"Tomas Rimkus, A. Butrimas, Marius Iršėnas, J. Meadows","doi":"10.15181/ab.v26i0.2022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15181/ab.v26i0.2022","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29741,"journal":{"name":"Archaeologia Baltica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2020-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45724687","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Remarks on the Chronology of the Gołdap Group in the Migration Period with the Example of the Cemetery in Czerwony Dwór","authors":"P. Szymański","doi":"10.15181/ab.v26i0.2025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15181/ab.v26i0.2025","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29741,"journal":{"name":"Archaeologia Baltica","volume":"63 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2020-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67355754","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The process of the recolonisation of northern Europe after deglaciation is related to groups of hunter-gatherer societies called Hamburgian culture. The process itself, the range of Hamburgian settlement, and the organisation of settlement, as well as mobility strategies, are key issues in Early Late Glacial studies. In this paper, the implications of the wide dispersion of Hamburgian settlements on a hypothetical scenario for colonisation due to territorial organisation will be presented. Key words: Hamburgian culture, re-colonisation, mobility, lithic technology. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15181/ab.v25i0.1827
{"title":"Hunter-Gatherers on the Lowland: Some Remarks on the Hamburgian Re-Colonisation of Northern Europe","authors":"Jakub Mugaj","doi":"10.15181/AB.V25I0.1827","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15181/AB.V25I0.1827","url":null,"abstract":"The process of the recolonisation of northern Europe after deglaciation is related to groups of hunter-gatherer societies called Hamburgian culture. The process itself, the range of Hamburgian settlement, and the organisation of settlement, as well as mobility strategies, are key issues in Early Late Glacial studies. In this paper, the implications of the wide dispersion of Hamburgian settlements on a hypothetical scenario for colonisation due to territorial organisation will be presented. Key words: Hamburgian culture, re-colonisation, mobility, lithic technology. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15181/ab.v25i0.1827","PeriodicalId":29741,"journal":{"name":"Archaeologia Baltica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2018-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43001736","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The paper discusses Early Neolithic pottery of Dubiciai type from western Belarus. Its most distinctive features include organic temper in the clay mass, a belt of deep round pits under the rim, strokes made by a round stick (‘hooves’), and thin slanting grooved lines or slanting decoration with such lines. The hypotheses on the origins of Dubiciai-type pottery are also discussed. According to many scholars, the area of occurrence of Dubiciai-type pottery includes the Belarusian part of the River Nioman (except for the basin of the River Vilija), the left bank of the Upper Prypiac basin, southern Lithuania, part of northeast Poland, and the northern part of Volhynia. At the same time, D.Y. Telegin, O.M. Titova and G.V. Okhrimenko distinguish Volhynian culture in the region of the same name. It has many similar traits with Prypiac-Nioman culture. The scale of differences between Early Neolithic pottery from western Palessie and Volhynia and Dubiciai-type pottery from the region of the River Nemunas allows us to consider Volhynian culture not as a separate culture, but as a local variant of Prypiac-Nioman culture. Sokolowek-type pottery has been discovered at sites in Podlasie and in the Belarusian part of the River Buh region. It is similar to Dubiciai-type pottery in morphology and ornamentation, but has less organic temper in the clay mass. It is most probably the result of the local development of Early Neolithic traditions in the western part of the Prypiac-Nioman culture area. Key words: Prypiac-Nioman culture, Dubiciai type, Sokolowek type, western Belarus, Early Neolithic pottery, ‘forest Neolithic’, comb-stroke pottery. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/ 10.15181/ab.v25i0.1832
{"title":"Early Neolithic Pottery from Western Belarus","authors":"A. Tkachou","doi":"10.15181/AB.V25I0.1832","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15181/AB.V25I0.1832","url":null,"abstract":"The paper discusses Early Neolithic pottery of Dubiciai type from western Belarus. Its most distinctive features include organic temper in the clay mass, a belt of deep round pits under the rim, strokes made by a round stick (‘hooves’), and thin slanting grooved lines or slanting decoration with such lines. The hypotheses on the origins of Dubiciai-type pottery are also discussed. According to many scholars, the area of occurrence of Dubiciai-type pottery includes the Belarusian part of the River Nioman (except for the basin of the River Vilija), the left bank of the Upper Prypiac basin, southern Lithuania, part of northeast Poland, and the northern part of Volhynia. At the same time, D.Y. Telegin, O.M. Titova and G.V. Okhrimenko distinguish Volhynian culture in the region of the same name. It has many similar traits with Prypiac-Nioman culture. The scale of differences between Early Neolithic pottery from western Palessie and Volhynia and Dubiciai-type pottery from the region of the River Nemunas allows us to consider Volhynian culture not as a separate culture, but as a local variant of Prypiac-Nioman culture. Sokolowek-type pottery has been discovered at sites in Podlasie and in the Belarusian part of the River Buh region. It is similar to Dubiciai-type pottery in morphology and ornamentation, but has less organic temper in the clay mass. It is most probably the result of the local development of Early Neolithic traditions in the western part of the Prypiac-Nioman culture area. Key words: Prypiac-Nioman culture, Dubiciai type, Sokolowek type, western Belarus, Early Neolithic pottery, ‘forest Neolithic’, comb-stroke pottery. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/ 10.15181/ab.v25i0.1832","PeriodicalId":29741,"journal":{"name":"Archaeologia Baltica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2018-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46729173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Selected find spots along the Swedish coast of the Baltic Sea are presented, in order to illustrate different ways in which hunter-gatherer societies related to the coast during the Mesolithic. Transformations of the landscape were mainly due to isostatic and eustatic changes. In the northern part, the land rose, forming new coasts and archipelagos at a speed that was noticeable even within one generation. Similar rapid changes occurred in the southern area, but in the opposite direction, with large areas of coast being submerged. Both physical and mental reactions to this are explored. Key words: Mesolithic, hunter-gatherer, coastal settlement, coastal-inland relationship. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/ 10.15181/ab.v25i0.1829
{"title":"People Living by Changing Seas. Mesolithic Coastal Settlement on the West Side of the Baltic Sea","authors":"L. Larsson","doi":"10.15181/AB.V25I0.1829","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15181/AB.V25I0.1829","url":null,"abstract":"Selected find spots along the Swedish coast of the Baltic Sea are presented, in order to illustrate different ways in which hunter-gatherer societies related to the coast during the Mesolithic. Transformations of the landscape were mainly due to isostatic and eustatic changes. In the northern part, the land rose, forming new coasts and archipelagos at a speed that was noticeable even within one generation. Similar rapid changes occurred in the southern area, but in the opposite direction, with large areas of coast being submerged. Both physical and mental reactions to this are explored. Key words: Mesolithic, hunter-gatherer, coastal settlement, coastal-inland relationship. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/ 10.15181/ab.v25i0.1829","PeriodicalId":29741,"journal":{"name":"Archaeologia Baltica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2018-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46239874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The political and economic situation in the southeast Baltic region changed dramatically when two main powers, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Order, emerged in the 13th century. These political structures tried to involve local communities in the social organisation of their newly established states. Archaeological material (pottery) is analysed in this article. It could help us understand the processes happening in what is now western Lithuania during the Medieval period. Local and Western pottery is assessed as evidence of contacts between the Crusaders and the local people. These contacts are interpreted as part of the cultural interaction process between the two different communities. Key words: Medieval archaeology, cultural interaction, Teutonic Order, pottery, western Lithuania. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/ 10.15181/ab.v25i0.1836
{"title":"Archaeological Data as Evidence of Cultural Interaction between the Teutonic Order and Local Communities: Problems and Perspectives","authors":"Edvinas Ubis","doi":"10.15181/AB.V25I0.1836","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15181/AB.V25I0.1836","url":null,"abstract":"The political and economic situation in the southeast Baltic region changed dramatically when two main powers, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Order, emerged in the 13th century. These political structures tried to involve local communities in the social organisation of their newly established states. Archaeological material (pottery) is analysed in this article. It could help us understand the processes happening in what is now western Lithuania during the Medieval period. Local and Western pottery is assessed as evidence of contacts between the Crusaders and the local people. These contacts are interpreted as part of the cultural interaction process between the two different communities. Key words: Medieval archaeology, cultural interaction, Teutonic Order, pottery, western Lithuania. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/ 10.15181/ab.v25i0.1836","PeriodicalId":29741,"journal":{"name":"Archaeologia Baltica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2018-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43559161","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This article presents data on Kongemose culture material which has been found in Lithuania but not yet studied. Based on material from west, east and south Lithuania Stone Age settlements, the aim is to acknowledge the existence of this culture’s technology during the Atlantic period in the east Baltic region. The use-wear method was also used for a more detailed analysis. The results of the article contain versions of the emergence and development of rhombus-shaped arrowhead technology in the east Baltic during the Stone Age period. Key words: Kongemose and Nemunas cultures, microlithic technology, Late Mesolithic-Early Neolithic, use-wear, Lithuania. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/ 10.15181/ab.v25i0.1831
{"title":"Kongemose Flint Technology in the East Baltic Area. Some Examples from Lithuanian Stone Age Sites","authors":"Tomas Rimkus","doi":"10.15181/AB.V25I0.1831","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15181/AB.V25I0.1831","url":null,"abstract":"This article presents data on Kongemose culture material which has been found in Lithuania but not yet studied. Based on material from west, east and south Lithuania Stone Age settlements, the aim is to acknowledge the existence of this culture’s technology during the Atlantic period in the east Baltic region. The use-wear method was also used for a more detailed analysis. The results of the article contain versions of the emergence and development of rhombus-shaped arrowhead technology in the east Baltic during the Stone Age period. Key words: Kongemose and Nemunas cultures, microlithic technology, Late Mesolithic-Early Neolithic, use-wear, Lithuania. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/ 10.15181/ab.v25i0.1831","PeriodicalId":29741,"journal":{"name":"Archaeologia Baltica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2018-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45060203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marius Iršėnas, Tomas Rimkus, A. Butrimas, Gvidas Slah
The elk staff is a characteristic Stone Age artefact from the Baltic region. The most elegant specimens have been found in the Olenij Ostrov burial site and various Stone Age sites in Sventoji. In 2016, the use-wear of artefacts found in the Stone Age sites of Sventoji was studied microscopically under a magnification factor of 690. The research effort also resulted in the successful dating of one of the staves found at the third archaeological site of Sventoji. The article presents the results and findings of the study, supplementing what is already known about the artefacts. Key words: Sventoji, Stone Age, elk staffs, use-wear analysis, radiocarbon dating. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15181/ab.v25i0.1834
{"title":"The Elks of Šventoji: Taking another Closer Look","authors":"Marius Iršėnas, Tomas Rimkus, A. Butrimas, Gvidas Slah","doi":"10.15181/AB.V25I0.1834","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15181/AB.V25I0.1834","url":null,"abstract":"The elk staff is a characteristic Stone Age artefact from the Baltic region. The most elegant specimens have been found in the Olenij Ostrov burial site and various Stone Age sites in Sventoji. In 2016, the use-wear of artefacts found in the Stone Age sites of Sventoji was studied microscopically under a magnification factor of 690. The research effort also resulted in the successful dating of one of the staves found at the third archaeological site of Sventoji. The article presents the results and findings of the study, supplementing what is already known about the artefacts. Key words: Sventoji, Stone Age, elk staffs, use-wear analysis, radiocarbon dating. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15181/ab.v25i0.1834","PeriodicalId":29741,"journal":{"name":"Archaeologia Baltica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2018-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46643731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The article deals with the main range of problems of Grensk culture in the Final Palaeolithic and Mesolithic in the Upper Dnieper region. At present, the understanding of the ways and mechanisms of the formation and the time of habitation of members of this ancient culture are rather debatable. Interpretations of the sources have resulted in two completely different research approaches in terms of methodology, bringing together supporters of the indigenous (U. Budzko, V. Kapytsin, A. Kalechyts, G. Sinitsyna, etc) or migration (L. Zaliznyak, U. Ksiandzou, A. Sorokin, etc) ways of the emergence and the development of Grensk culture. It is impossible to understand the essence of the ‘Grensk question’ without considering the nature of its origin, the problem looked at in this article. Key words: Final Palaeolithic and Mesolithic, Grensk culture, eastern Belarus, Upper Dnieper region, asymmetrical shouldered points, Ienevo culture, Pesochny Rov culture. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15181/ab.v25i0.1828
本文论述了上第聂伯河地区最后旧石器时代和中石器时代格伦斯克文化的主要问题范围。目前，对这一古老文化成员的形成方式、机制和居住时间的认识尚有争议。对资料来源的解释产生了两种完全不同的研究方法，将支持格伦斯克文化产生和发展的本土(U. Budzko, V. Kapytsin, A. Kalechyts, G. Sinitsyna等)或移民(L. Zaliznyak, U. Ksiandzou, A. Sorokin等)方式的人聚集在一起。要理解“格伦斯克问题”的本质，就不可能不考虑其起源的本质，这是本文所研究的问题。关键词:晚期旧石器时代和中石器时代，格伦斯克文化，白俄罗斯东部，上第聂伯河地区，不对称肩点，Ienevo文化，Pesochny Rov文化。DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15181/ab.v25i0.1828
{"title":"Grensk Culture in Eastern Belarus: The Current State of Research","authors":"Aliaksandr U. Kolasau","doi":"10.15181/AB.V25I0.1828","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15181/AB.V25I0.1828","url":null,"abstract":"The article deals with the main range of problems of Grensk culture in the Final Palaeolithic and Mesolithic in the Upper Dnieper region. At present, the understanding of the ways and mechanisms of the formation and the time of habitation of members of this ancient culture are rather debatable. Interpretations of the sources have resulted in two completely different research approaches in terms of methodology, bringing together supporters of the indigenous (U. Budzko, V. Kapytsin, A. Kalechyts, G. Sinitsyna, etc) or migration (L. Zaliznyak, U. Ksiandzou, A. Sorokin, etc) ways of the emergence and the development of Grensk culture. It is impossible to understand the essence of the ‘Grensk question’ without considering the nature of its origin, the problem looked at in this article. Key words: Final Palaeolithic and Mesolithic, Grensk culture, eastern Belarus, Upper Dnieper region, asymmetrical shouldered points, Ienevo culture, Pesochny Rov culture. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15181/ab.v25i0.1828","PeriodicalId":29741,"journal":{"name":"Archaeologia Baltica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2018-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48794487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This article discusses the imagery of anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figurines which accompanied eleven burials in the Stone Age cemetery at Zvejnieki, Latvia. These burials date to the sixth, fifth and early-mid fourth millennia cal BC, according to radiocarbon dates of human remains from ten of the eleven burials, three of which were dated for this paper. The figurines are considered in terms of their characteristic formal qualities and their position within graves. Parallels are drawn with similar finds from elsewhere in the Baltic region. The imagery employed appears to be based on observations of nature, the fishing and hunting lifeways of these communities, and their beliefs concerning life after death, which were not apparently affected by the transitions from Mesolithic to Neolithic, and between Early Neolithic Narva culture and Middle Neolithic Typical Comb Ware Culture. Key words: Zvejnieki, Stone age, Burial ground, Radiocarbon dating, Anthropomorphic and Zoomorphic figurines DOI: http://dx.doi.org/ 10.15181/ab.v25i0.1833
{"title":"New Dates from Zvejnieki Burial Ground Graves with Anthropomorphic and Zoomorphic Figurines","authors":"I. Zagorska, J. Meadows, Marius Iršėnas","doi":"10.15181/AB.V25I0.1833","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15181/AB.V25I0.1833","url":null,"abstract":"This article discusses the imagery of anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figurines which accompanied eleven burials in the Stone Age cemetery at Zvejnieki, Latvia. These burials date to the sixth, fifth and early-mid fourth millennia cal BC, according to radiocarbon dates of human remains from ten of the eleven burials, three of which were dated for this paper. The figurines are considered in terms of their characteristic formal qualities and their position within graves. Parallels are drawn with similar finds from elsewhere in the Baltic region. The imagery employed appears to be based on observations of nature, the fishing and hunting lifeways of these communities, and their beliefs concerning life after death, which were not apparently affected by the transitions from Mesolithic to Neolithic, and between Early Neolithic Narva culture and Middle Neolithic Typical Comb Ware Culture. Key words: Zvejnieki, Stone age, Burial ground, Radiocarbon dating, Anthropomorphic and Zoomorphic figurines DOI: http://dx.doi.org/ 10.15181/ab.v25i0.1833","PeriodicalId":29741,"journal":{"name":"Archaeologia Baltica","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2018-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42235529","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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