Fishers of the Corded Ware culture in the Eastern Baltic

Gytis  Piličiauskas; Gražyna  Kluczynska; Dalia  Kisielienė; Raminta  Skipitytė; Kęstutis  Peseckas; Simona  Matuzevičiūtė; Hana  Lukešová; Alexandre Jules Andre Lucquin; Oliver Edward Craig; Harry Kenneth Robson

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0390.2020.12223.x

Fishers of the Corded Ware culture in the Eastern Baltic

Gytis Piličiauskas, Gražyna Kluczynska, Dalia Kisielienė, Raminta Skipitytė, Kęstutis Peseckas, Simona Matuzevičiūtė, Hana Lukešová, Alexandre Jules Andre Lucquin, Oliver Edward Craig, Harry Kenneth Robson

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	95-120
Number of pages	26
Journal	Acta Archaeologica
Volume	91
Issue number	1
Early online date	12 Jun 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0390.2020.12223.x
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 12 Jun 2020

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