Newly Discovered Marks of Dwelling in Lake Sāviena (Latvia)
Volume 23 (2016): The Sea and the Coastlands, pp. 208–213
Pub. online: 22 July 2016
Type: Article
Open Access
Received
28 January 2016
28 January 2016
Revised
10 March 2016
10 March 2016
Accepted
24 May 2016
24 May 2016
Published
22 July 2016
22 July 2016
Abstract
In 2014 and 2015, new underwater archaeological sites were discovered in Lake Sāviena in the east of Latvia. The first site, according to c14 dating, goes back 4510 +/-55 years. In the other site, artefacts and ceramics from the Late Iron Age were discovered. Here, on the shore of the lake, adjacent cultural occupation of the settlement was discovered. It is possible to make preliminary conclusions that the shores of Lake Sāviena had been inhabited for a long time, which was certainly associated with the lake’s waters.