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The Structure of the Economy and Society in the Early Bronze Age in Lithuania

Algirdas Girininkas

https://doi.org/10.15181/ab.v18i0.64

Pub. online: 30 Dec 2012 Type: Article

Open Access

Journal: Archaeologia Baltica Volume 18 (2012): People at the Crossroads of Space and Time (Footmarks of Societies in Ancient Europe) II, pp. 28–42

Abstract

The Early Bronze Age in Lithuania, and especially the final part, saw the most important changes in the structure of the

production economy and society. Unlike in Central or Western Europe, the Neolithic Revolution, as Vere Gordon Childe

understood it, was taking place in the east Baltic region at exactly that time, that is, the first half of the second millennium

BC. The communities which inhabited individual regions in Lithuania in the Early Bronze Age gave rise to a unique method

of economic management that to a large extent influenced the development of the structure of individual communities. In

this article, on the basis of archaeological, palynological and zooarchaeological material, we discuss the economic and social

structures of two distinct territorial community groups, one that lived at Šventoji on the Baltic coast, and one that lived inland

by Lake Kretuonas.

In Search of a Theoretical Assessment of Bronze Age Society in the Baltic Countries

Agnė Čivilytė

https://doi.org/10.15181/ab.v18i0.63

Pub. online: 30 Dec 2012 Type: Article

Open Access

Journal: Archaeologia Baltica Volume 18 (2012): People at the Crossroads of Space and Time (Footmarks of Societies in Ancient Europe) II, pp. 14–27

Abstract

This article surveys tendencies in Bronze Age social research in the Baltic countries. It marks a new departure in archaeological

scholarship in the region, and examines the influence of wider European theories on local Bronze Age research. The most

important issue to be discussed is the uncritical application of theoretical models on east Baltic archaeology, without reference

to the region’s specific culture. Thus, the Bronze Age social structure is reconstructed according to a priori formulated

precepts. The article discusses the possible negative implications of such a transference of foreign theories, which leads to

the prejudgement of results in regional archaeological studies. Special criticism is levelled at the application of the pyramid

social model, which offers a false interpretation of Prehistoric social structures on the basis of recent research. We offer new

alternatives in the sphere of societal studies, which pay most attention to processes whereby people dominate as individual

agents, rather than to the classification of archaeological material according to the nature or implied value of such material.

In Memory of the Great Scientist Jerzy Okulicz-Kozaryn

Konstantin N Skvortsov

https://doi.org/10.15181/ab.v18i0.61

Pub. online: 30 Dec 2012 Type: In Memoriam

Open Access

Journal: Archaeologia Baltica Volume 18 (2012): People at the Crossroads of Space and Time (Footmarks of Societies in Ancient Europe) II, pp. 10–11

The Rašia Boat: From Log-Boat to Boat (A Case Study)

Rokas Kraniauskas

Pub. online: 20 Dec 2012 Type: Article

Open Access

Journal: Archaeologia Baltica Volume 14 (2010): Underwater Archaeology in the Baltic Region, pp. 85–88

Abstract

Lithuanian boat and ship archaeology is a field of studies that is still in its very early stages. This paper is presented as a case study of a solitary watercraft found during underwater prospecting. The subtitle ‘From log-boat to boat’ is intended not only to stress technical innovations and transitions in boat-building techniques, but also to open a new chapter in Lithuanian inland underwater archaeology, with an emphasis on boat and ship archaeology. Some technical features of this boat, such as the bottom made from a single piece of pine, links it to more archaic log-boats. In eastern Lithuanian woodlands, archaic watercraft remained relatively unchanged up to modern times. From appearances, the Rašia boat can be taken as originating during the change from log-boat to boat, reflecting some features that can be retrospective in time to earlier periods of history.

Preface

Audronė Bliujienė

https://doi.org/10.15181/ab.v17i0.44

Pub. online: 20 Dec 2012 Type: Introduction

Open Access

Journal: Archaeologia Baltica Volume 17 (2012): People at the Crossroads of Space and Time (Footmarks of Societies in Ancient Europe) I, pp. 7–12

Gyvenimas virš vandens ankstyvuoju metalų laikotarpiu Lietuvoje. Įspūdžiai apie Elenos Pranckėnaitės disertacijos gynimą

Mindaugas Brazauskas

https://doi.org/10.15181/ahuk.v25i0.334

Pub. online: 3 Dec 2012 Type: Discussion

Open Access

Journal: Acta Historica Universitatis Klaipedensis Volume 25 (2012): Klaipėdos krašto konfesinis paveldas: tarpdisciplininiai senųjų kapinių tyrimai = Confessional Heritage of Klaipėda Region: Interdisciplinary Research into the Old Cemeteries, pp. 299–301