Fishing history of the East Baltic during the Holocene according to underwater multiperiod riverine site Kaltanėnai, northeastern Lithuania

Piličiauskas, Gytis; Matiukas, Aldas; Peseckas, Kęstutis; Mažeika, Jonas; Osipowicz, Grzegorz; Piličiauskienė, Giedrė; Rannamäe, Eve; Pranckėnaitė, Elena; Vengalis, Rokas; Pilkauskas, Mindaugas

doi:10.1007/s12520-020-01233-9

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“…For instance, their larger collections in inland sites are known from Šarnelė 35 and Žemaitiškė 2 36 sites, whereas the latest AMS 14 C analysis of one similar, but with a much slenderer tang, point from Kaltanėnai belong to the 3516-3360 cal BC. 37 Parallels for conical type bone points from Palanga site are not common in the territory of Lithuania, while analogies for plain points can be found in many Late Holocene sites. However, the plain point from Palanga is missing its lower part, therefore, it is difficult to speculate as to its former final shape.…”

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Hunter-Gatherer Bone and Antler Implements in Lithuanian Coastal Area: Recent Studies in Chronology, Technology and Decoration Patterns

Rimkus

2023

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Stone Age bone and antler implements are an essential study material, as they contain important information on hunter-gatherer tool making technology, dynamics in hunted animal species, choices of raw materials and much more. Some specimens have unique engravings and incisions on their surface, enabling the studies of the decoration patterns. Moreover, organic finds can be dated by radiocarbon, allowing to approach osseous technologies from a chronological aspect. The Early and Middle Holocene sites containing hunter-gatherer bone and antler implements in Lithuanian coastal area have been discovered and investigated in the last century. The Middle Holocene osseous collection, however, has been studied only recently, shedding light on the manufacturing techniques and chronology of the tools. This paper summarizes the combination of technological, radiocarbon and decoration data of osseous implements found in Palanga and Smeltė sites, as well as the single finds (ca. 6000–3800 cal BC) discovered along the coast of Lithuania.

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Hunter-Gatherer Bone and Antler Implements in Lithuanian Coastal Area: Recent Studies in Chronology, Technology and Decoration Patterns

Rimkus

2023

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“…In comparison to Garnys, it has a very wide chronology from the Late Mesolithic to the early modern period. The finds have already been discussed (Piličiauskas et al 2020). Eight human bone fragments were collected from the riverbed.…”

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“…This failure continues a series of previous unsuccessful dating attempts and strongly suggests that at Kaltanėnai due to unknown reasons the state of preservation of human bones is worse compared to that of the animal remains. Almost all bone tools made of various animal species were successfully dated by Piličiauskas et al (2020). The human bones at Kaltanėnai belonged to at least two individuals.…”

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Human Diet During the Stone Age and Early Metal Period (7000–1 Cal Bc) in Lithuania: An Update

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In this study we present new carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) stable isotope data of human (n=13) and animal (n=40) bone and/or dentine collagen samples, alongside accelerator mass spectrometry radiocarbon (AMS 14C) dates of human remains (n=16). The studied material was sampled from Lithuanian sites dating from the Late Mesolithic to the pre-Roman Iron Age. For the first time, we present δ13C and δ15N data from Lithuanian freshwater fish as well as AMS 14C, δ13C, and δ15N measurements of human remains from six disturbed graves at the Donkalnis cemetery and from two pre-Roman Iron Age graves. According to the new results, human diet derived protein from the Late Mesolithic to Subneolithic (ca. 7000–2900 cal BC) was primarily based on freshwater fish. While previous macrobotanical and stable isotope studies has suggested that C4 plants, i.e., millet, became more widely used from the Late Bronze Age (1100–500 cal BC), our data suggests that millet consumption may have decreased during the pre-Roman Iron Age (500–1 cal BC) in the southeastern Baltic.

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“…The first radiocarbon dating of stray bone and antler harpoons from Lake Lubāns (Latvia) indicated the continuation of Final Paleolithic technology in the Early Holocene, informing discussion of the transition between the Final Paleolithic and the earliest Mesolithic (Meadows et al 2014). More chronological investigations of single osseous artifacts from the eastern Baltic followed, creating typo-chronological models for particular Late Pleistocene and Holocene organic implement technologies (Ivanovaitė et al 2018; Philippsen et al 2019; Zagorska et al 2019; Rimkus et al 2019; Piličiauskas et al 2020). These studies provided many important insights, involving such aspects as when the eastern Baltic region was settled at the end of the Late Glacial and how certain tool types developed in the Holocene.…”

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Bone Points in Time: Dating Hunter-Gatherer Bone Points in the Territory of Lithuania

Rimkus,

Eriksen,

Meadows

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Bone points were one of the major hunting implements in northern European hunter-gatherer societies. They differ in shapes, types, and manufacturing techniques. In this paper, we investigate 22 bone points from the territory of Lithuania, by studying their morpho-technological characteristics, direct dates, and adhesive residues. The majority are isolated finds, but four points were selected from excavated archaeological sites dated between the 5th and 3rd millennia cal BC. Most of the points belong to the barbed points category, but six slotted points were also studied. Of the 22, 16 previously undated points were sampled for accelerator mass spectrometry radiocarbon (AMS 14C) dating. The results of 10 successfully dated samples are discussed together with previously published 14C dates of bone points from the same region. ATR-FTIR analysis of adhesive residues from six points suggest that birch bark tar was used to haft barbed points and lithic inserts. The results reveal the diversity of types of Early Holocene bone points in the territory of Lithuania, while the slotted and Kunda-type bone points fall into narrow timeframes.

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Fishing history of the East Baltic during the Holocene according to underwater multiperiod riverine site Kaltanėnai, northeastern Lithuania

Cited by 10 publications

References 34 publications

Hunter-Gatherer Bone and Antler Implements in Lithuanian Coastal Area: Recent Studies in Chronology, Technology and Decoration Patterns

Hunter-Gatherer Bone and Antler Implements in Lithuanian Coastal Area: Recent Studies in Chronology, Technology and Decoration Patterns

Human Diet During the Stone Age and Early Metal Period (7000–1 Cal Bc) in Lithuania: An Update

Bone Points in Time: Dating Hunter-Gatherer Bone Points in the Territory of Lithuania

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