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Enchanted by the Baltic : On the 80th Birthday of Professor, Habilitated Doctor and Academician Vladas Žulkus

Algirdas Girininkas

https://doi.org/10.15181/ab.v32i0.2757

Pub. online: 16 Dec 2025 Type: Discussion | Apžvalga

Open Access

Journal: Archaeologia Baltica Volume 32, Issue 1 (2025), pp. 111–115

An attempt to link a lithic complex with the Late Palaeolithic Rangifer tarandus antler axe from the Parupė site in northern Lithuania

Tomas Rimkus Algirdas Girininkas

https://doi.org/10.15181/ab.v28i0.2285

Pub. online: 29 Dec 2021 Type: Article

Open Access

Journal: Archaeologia Baltica Volume 28 (2021), pp. 118–131

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The recent intensification of AMS 14C assays of bone and antler artefacts in the east and southeast

Baltic region has revealed a number of reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) antler axes, and their prevalence

in the Late Palaeolithic osseous toolkit. One of the oldest, dating from 11 221–11 048 cal

BC, was discovered in 2014 in the village of Parupė, on the left bank of the River Nemunėlis, in

northern Lithuania. Until now, no such organic implements discovered in the region in question

have been associated with any Late Palaeolithic taxonomic group, but at the location of the antler

axe at Parupė between 2015 and 2019, three concentrations of numerous lithic findings have been

identified, whose typological and technological features allow for the consideration of their possible

association with the dated axe. In this paper, we present three concentrations of lithic finds

(sites 1–3) at Parupė village, providing their technological and typological data, and their possible

chronology and taxonomy, reflecting the Late Palaeolithic and Early and Late Mesolithic. We

conclude that the moderate lithic complex from site 1 should be associated with Late Palaeolithic

technology, and can possibly be linked with the antler axe.

The Final Palaeolithic in the coastal part of Lithuania with the technological emphasis on Aukštumala Stone Age sites

Tomas Rimkus Algirdas Girininkas

https://doi.org/10.15181/ab.v28i0.2284

Pub. online: 29 Dec 2021 Type: Article

Open Access

Journal: Archaeologia Baltica Volume 28 (2021), pp. 102–117

Abstract

The Final Palaeolithic in the Lithuanian coastal zone has so far been represented only by a few

archaeological finds from individual contexts, and a small number of archaeological excavations.

However, their analysis has not revealed much regarding the technological development of hunting

implements and work tools, or the choice and the use of necessary raw materials, and little

data has been provided on the chronological aspects, or the connection between settlement locations

and the changing level of the Baltic Sea. This paper presents the latest archaeological

material from the Final Palaeolithic in the Lithuanian coastal area, based on the three sites at

Aukštumala upland bog, and stray finds found in the area. The article focuses on technological

and typological aspects of lithics related to Swiderian culture. The results of the study show that,

with the shortage of flint raw material, Final Palaeolithic societies at Aukštumala relied on smaller

and narrower blades, and compensated for the lack of flint raw material by using other, locally

available metamorphic rocks.

Gytis Piličiauskas, Virvelinės keramikos kultūra Lietuvoje 2800–2400 cal BC [Corded Ware Culture in Lithuania in 2800–2400 Cal BC], Lithuanian Institute of History, Vilnius, 2018 – 231 p., 110 illustrations

Algirdas Girininkas

Pub. online: 5 Dec 2019 Type: Book Review

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Journal: Archaeologia Baltica Volume 26 (2019), pp. 132–135

Hoes and the First Farmers on Lithuanian Territory: from Hoe to Ard

Algirdas Girininkas

https://doi.org/10.15181/ab.v26i0.2023

Pub. online: 5 Dec 2019 Type: Article

Open Access

Journal: Archaeologia Baltica Volume 26 (2019), pp. 66–79

Abstract

A hoe is a hand tool which appeared in Lithuania in post-glacial times together with the first population. Later, in the Mesolithic, the hoe became a universal tool used for versatile foraging purposes. Only antler hoes are known from these periods. The same function of hoes continued into the Neolithic/Bronze Age, with the only difference that their shapes changed, adapting to new work related to the cultivation of the first crops. In the Neolithic, stone and wooden hoes appeared along with antler hoes. In the Bronze Age, the function of hoes remained the same as in earlier times, but their wider use was related to hoefarming. The shape of hoes was changing, especially of snake-head hoes, which could be used for various ritual ceremonies. Only in the Middle to Late Bronze Age did the Neolithisation process come to an end, with the development of slash-and-burn agriculture and the domestication of animals. The first horn ards appeared in the Late Bronze Age.

Preface

Tomas Rimkus Algirdas Girininkas

Pub. online: 5 Dec 2019 Type: Introduction

Open Access

Journal: Archaeologia Baltica Volume 26 (2019), pp. 8–9

Preface

Tomas Rimkus Algirdas Girininkas

Pub. online: 5 Dec 2018 Type: Introduction

Open Access

Journal: Archaeologia Baltica Volume 25 (2018), pp. 7–8

Stone Age Dating Issues: in ‘Donkalnis and Spiginas Mesolithic-Neolithic Burial Grounds’ by A. Butrimas (2012) and ‘New 14C Dates of Neolithic and Early Metal Period Ceramics in Lithuania’ by G. Piličiauskas et. al. in Radiocarbon (2011)

Algirdas Girininkas

Pub. online: 30 Dec 2013 Type: Discussion | Apžvalga

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Journal: Archaeologia Baltica Volume 20 (2013): Frontier Societies and Environmental Change in Northeast Europe, pp. 206–207

Eugenijus Jovaiša, Aisčiai. Kilmė (The Aistians: Their Origin). Lithuanian University of Educological Sciences, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Vilnius, 2012 – 379 p.; 161 illustrations

Algirdas Girininkas

Pub. online: 30 Dec 2013 Type: Book Review

Open Access

Journal: Archaeologia Baltica Volume 20 (2013): Frontier Societies and Environmental Change in Northeast Europe, pp. 202–205

Zooarchaeological Material from the Padure (Beltes) Hill-Fort in Latvia: Butchering Techniques and the Composition of Species

Linas Daugnora Andrejs Vasks Salomėja Sovaitė All authors (4)

https://doi.org/10.15181/ab.v20i0.811

Pub. online: 30 Dec 2013 Type: Article

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Journal: Archaeologia Baltica Volume 20 (2013): Frontier Societies and Environmental Change in Northeast Europe, pp. 117–133

Abstract

In the excavated Padure (Beltes) hill-fort in Latvia, cultural layers from the Late Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age (Stage 1), and the middle Iron Age and the Late Iron Age (Stage 2), were detected, which, besides the archaeological material typical of that period, provided abundant zooarchaeological material. This article presents the investigation data from the zooarchaeological material of both stages: the data relate to the butchering techniques used, and the identification of the composition of the faunal species. The investigation was carried out in the bioarchaeological laboratory of the Institute of Baltic Region History and Archaeology at Klaipėda University. As is proven by the investigation, the ratio of domestic animals to hunted wildlife in the two periods compared is not identical. In the second period of habitation of the hill-fort, the number of cattle and sheep/goats decreased, while the number of swine and especially of horses increased. The article also deals with characteristics of butchering techniques of domestic animals and wildlife in both periods of the habitation of the hill-fort, and changes identified in the meat processing. In the second period, the level of processing resulted in greater amounts of meat suitable for food, due to the technical properties of the raw material and the nutritional and commodity value.

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