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Fishers of The Corded Ware Culture in The Eastern Baltic

In: Acta Archaeologica
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Gytis Piličiauskas
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Grażyna Kluczynska
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Dalia Kisielienė
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Raminta Skipitytė
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Kęstutis Peseckas
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Simona Matuzevičiūtė
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Hana Lukešová
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Alexandre Lucquin
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Oliver E. Craig
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Harry K. Robson
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Online Publication Date:
16 Apr 2020
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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.

Title:
Fishers of The Corded Ware Culture in The Eastern Baltic
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0390.2020.12223.x
Language:
English
Pages:
95–120
In:
Acta Archaeologica
In:
Volume 91: Issue 1
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1600-0390
Print ISSN:
0065-101X
Subjects:
Archaeology, Art History, Archaeology, Art & Architecture, Ancient Near East and Egypt

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