FISHERS OF THE CORDED WARE CULTURE IN THE EASTERN BALTIC |
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| Authors: | Gytis Pili?iauskas Gra?yna Kluczynska Dalia Kisielien? Raminta Skipityt? K?stutis Peseckas Simona Matuzevi?iūt? Hana Luke?ová Alexandre Lucquin Oliver E Craig Harry K Robson |
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| Institution: | 1. Lithuanian Institute of History, Kra?i? st. 5, 01108 Vilnius, Lithuania;2. Laboratory of Quaternary Research, Nature Research Centre, Akademijos st. 2, 08412 Vilnius, Lithuania;3. Laboratory of Quaternary Research, Nature Research Centre, Akademijos st. 2, 08412 Vilnius, Vilnius;4. Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Savanori? ave. 231, 02300 Vilnius, Lithuania;5. Laboratory of Nuclear Geophysics and Radioecology, Geology and Geography Institute, Nature Research Centre, Akademijos str. 2, 08412 Vilnius, Lithuania;6. National Museum of Lithuania, Arsenalo st. 1, 01143 Vilnius, Lithuania;7. University Museum of Bergen, University of Bergen, PO Box 7800, 5020 Bergen, Norway;8. BioArCh, University of York, Wentworth Way, Heslington, York YO10 5DD United Kingdom |
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| Abstract: | Between 2800 and 2400 cal BC pastoralists from Central Europe migrated into the eastern Baltic paving the way for the Corded Ware Culture (CWC), and a new type of economy, animal husbandry. Traditionally the CWC people were viewed as highly mobile due to the lack of substantial traces of dwellings and material culture at settlement sites; they were reliant on an economy based on animal husbandry as demonstrated by zooarchaeological and stable isotopic evidence. However, this paradigm is beginning to shift. Here, we present new AMS radiocarbon (14C) measurements, pollen and macrobotanical data from sediment samples and a portable fish screen, as well as technological, molecular and isotopic data obtained from ceramic vessels from three CWC sites in the eastern Baltic. Overall, our results indicate a de-Neolithisation process undergone by some CWC groups, particularly in lacustrine and coastal ecotones, and a shift to hunting, gathering and fishing. |
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