The Resurrection of Linkuhnen (Rževskoe/Linkūnai): A New Perspective on a Roman Iron Age to Viking Age Cemetery in the Lower Memel (Nemunas) Region
Volumes 21-22 (2015): Horizons of Archival Archaeology, pp. 71–89
Pub. online: 30 September 2015
Type: Article
Open Access
Open Access
Received
7 January 2015
7 January 2015
Revised
4 April 2015
4 April 2015
Accepted
5 June 2015
5 June 2015
Published
30 September 2015
30 September 2015
Abstract
The article summarises new investigations at the famous site of Linkuhnen and its material culture, which was excavated between 1928 and 1939, but never really published. The surviving finds from the cemetery, together with information collected from diverse archival sources, show a picture of a burial ground which was probably used from the second to the 11th century. The richness and the international references of the local material culture during the Viking Age point to an important role of the site in the network of trade and communication between the Baltic Sea, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe.