The Influence of the Environment on the Human Population around Lake Kretuonas during the Stone Age and the Bronze Age
Volume 9 (2008), pp. 15–32
Pub. online: 9 October 2008
Type: Article
Open Access
Open Access
Received
28 May 2008
28 May 2008
Revised
6 September 2008
6 September 2008
Published
9 October 2008
9 October 2008
Abstract
New data from archaeological, zooarchaeological and palynological studies of the archaeological sites around Lake Kretuonas (in eastern Lithuania) show that environmental conditions had a great influence on the formation of the economy, settlement and cultural life of its inhabitants. This paper analyses the causes of the changes in environmental conditions and their influence on the population in the Lake Kretuonas area in the Stone Age and Bronze Age.