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Human diet in Lithuania during the Late Roman and Migration periods ( ca. 200–700 AD) based on stable carbon and nitrogen isotope data

Edvardas Simčenka

Laurynas Kurila

Justina Kozakaitė

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https://doi.org/10.15181/ab.v30i0.2565

Pub. online: 28 Dec 2023 Type: Article

Open Access

Journal: Archaeologia Baltica Volume 30 (2023), pp. 80–115

Abstract

In this study, 71 human individuals were subjected to stable carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N)

isotope analysis of bone collagen samples for the purpose of determining human dietary patterns

in Lithuania during the Late Roman and Migration periods. More specifically, based on the

isotopic data, the aim was to determine and evaluate any potential dietary differences between

individuals on the basis of their sex, age, social status and place of residence during the periods

in question. The results of this study suggest that there were isotopically clearly distinguishable

dietary differences between individuals from different parts/regions of Lithuania. Also, statistically

significant dietary differences (on the basis of δ15N values) between males and females

were observed (although, when making the same sex-based isotopic comparisons at an individual

site level, the same result was observed only among those from Marvelė cemetery). However, no

statistically significant isotopic differences were detected between different social or age groups.

Overall, these results give us one of the first glimpses into the types of dietary habits practiced by

people in various parts of Lithuania during the Roman and Migration periods, which could also

serve as a good starting point for future investigations into other dietary aspects in the territories

and periods in question that still remain unknown.

Schönwarling/Skowarcz And Dollkeim/Kovrovo-Type Crossbow Fibulae in the Sambian-Natangian Culture Area

Jaroslaw A Prassolow Konstantin Skvortsov

https://doi.org/10.15181/ab.v27i0.2177

Pub. online: 5 Dec 2020 Type: Article

Open Access

Journal: Archaeologia Baltica Volume 27 (2020), pp. 51–65

Abstract

The article is devoted to Schönwarling/Skowarcz and Dollkeim/Kovrovo-type crossbow fibulae with a long narrow foot and a full catch-plate, one of the most characteristic chronotypes of the Migration Period. The authors describe a number of specific construction features of the fibulae in the Sambian-Natangian culture area, which define their typological placement. Based on the results of a comparative analysis of prewar and modern archaeological sources, the authors propose an up-to-date specified chronology of these types. Contrary to the currently popular hypothesis, the analysed archaeological material in the Sambian-Natangian area does not demonstrate co-existence, but instead the smooth replacement of Schönwarling/Skowarcz fibulae by those of the Dollkeim/Kovrovo type in the transition phase D2/D3, i.e. about 430 AD.

Remarks on the Chronology of the Gołdap Group in the Migration Period with the Example of the Cemetery in Czerwony Dwór

Paweł Szymański

https://doi.org/10.15181/ab.v26i0.2025

Pub. online: 5 Dec 2019 Type: Article

Open Access

Journal: Archaeologia Baltica Volume 26 (2019), pp. 108–121

Abstract

This article discusses the development of the Gołdap Group, which is part of Sudovian culture, during the Migration Period. The graves from necropolises of that region (especially from the cemetery at Czerwony Dwór) have quite rich grave goods, which allows for a detailed chronological analysis. It is complemented by an analysis of the stratigraphy of features dug into the barrows. On this basis, five chronological phases in the development of the Gołdap Group, which existed from the early Phase D of the Early Migration Period until Phase E2 of the Late Migration Period, can be distinguished.

The Population of the Southeast Shore of the Gulf of Finland and its Contacts with Regions of the Baltic Sea in the First Millennium AD

Elena R Mikhaylova

https://doi.org/10.15181/ab.v23i0.1305

Pub. online: 22 Jul 2016 Type: Article

Open Access

Journal: Archaeologia Baltica Volume 23 (2016): The Sea and the Coastlands, pp. 181–198

Abstract

In recent years, the area to the southeast of the Gulf of Finland (on the Izhora plateau and in the lower reaches of the River Luga) has opened up a number of archaeological sites dating from the first to the tenth century AD. There are stone graves from the Pre-Roman and Roman Iron Age, settlements with scratched ceramics, cremation burials from the Migration Period, hill-forts and cemeteries from the Viking Age. These sites can be built into a cultural and chronological sequence. Finds from these sites are very similar to objects from Estonia and southwest Finland. At the beginning of the second millennium, Medieval Russian culture, which levelled local cultural characteristics, spread on the Izhora plateau.

The Cemetery of Linkuhnen/Rževskoje: An Overview on the Chronology of Fibulae from the Roman and Migration Periods to the Viking Age

Christoph Jahn

https://doi.org/10.15181/ab.v23i0.1303

Pub. online: 22 Jul 2016 Type: Article

Open Access

Journal: Archaeologia Baltica Volume 23 (2016): The Sea and the Coastlands, pp. 152–170

Abstract

The grave goods from Linkuhnen (Rževskoje/Linkūnai) indicate continuous usage of the cemetery from the Roman Iron Age and the Migration Period to the Viking Age (second to 11th century AD). A closer look at the fibulae from Linkuhnen offers an overview of the changing cultural relationships with the neighbouring areas during the 1,000 years of occupancy of the site. The interpretation of Linkuhnen is closely linked to its topographical position close to the River Nemunas (Neman/Memel). The hypothetical alteration of the course of the River Nemunas, suggested by V. Žulkus, has to be discussed for its potential impact on the site of Linkuhnen and its relations with neighbouring areas at the end of the first millennium.

The Resurrection of Linkuhnen (Rževskoe/Linkūnai): A New Perspective on a Roman Iron Age to Viking Age Cemetery in the Lower Memel (Nemunas) Region

Norbert Gossler Christoph Jahn

https://doi.org/10.15181/ab.v1i0.1137

Pub. online: 30 Sep 2015 Type: Article

Open Access

Journal: Archaeologia Baltica Volumes 21-22 (2015): Horizons of Archival Archaeology, pp. 71–89

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.

Armed People of East and Southeast Lithuania in the Geocultural Context of the Migration Period

Audronė Bliujienė

https://doi.org/10.15181/ab.v19i0.280

Pub. online: 30 Sep 2013 Type: Article

Open Access

Journal: Archaeologia Baltica Volume 19 (2013): Societies of the Past: Approaches to Landscape, Burial Customs and Grave Goods, pp. 145–165

Abstract

The article discusses the rapidly changing geocultural situation from the fifth to the seventh century in east and southeast Lithuania. As chiefdoms with strong leaders were taking shape from the fifth to the seventh centuries, the demonstration of power by means of exceptional weapons and other cultural elements became a highly important factor.

Trade, Salt and Amber. The Formation of Late Migration Period Elites in the ‘Balti-Culti’ Area of Northern Poland (the Elbląg Group)

Bartosz Kontny

https://doi.org/10.15181/ab.v17i0.52

Pub. online: 20 Nov 2012 Type: Article

Open Access

Journal: Archaeologia Baltica Volume 17 (2012): People at the Crossroads of Space and Time (Footmarks of Societies in Ancient Europe) I, pp. 60–76

Abstract

This paper presents the Elbląg group at its peak, that is, the late sixth and early seventh centuries. Imports are presented, namely Scandinavian (but also Merovingian) denominators of opulence (drinking horns, particular imported goods, seaxes in ornamental scabbards, and so on), and also the possible grounds on which local settlers thrived (the amber trade, maybe also the salt trade). The geostrategic position of the Elbląg group is analysed, as well as sea trade routes and boats used on the Baltic Sea during the Late Migration Period. Contacts between southern Scandinavia and the Elbląg group are described against the wider cultural and political background.

A Scandinavian Trace: A Beak Fibula from the Late Migration Period Cemetery at Nowinka in Northern Poland

Bartosz Kontny

Pub. online: 20 Dec 2010 Type: Article

Open Access

Journal: Archaeologia Baltica Volume 14 (2010): Underwater Archaeology in the Baltic Region, pp. 241–246

Abstract

This paper presents an item that has been mentioned in archaeological literature a few times, but never in a detailed analysis: the beak brooch from grave 38 in the cemetery of the Elbląg group at Nowinka. It is a south Scandinavian import that came to northern Poland around the middle of the sixth century, but was in use for quite a long time, which is suggested by traces of wear, as well as introducing a hinge construction that is untypical of that type.

On the Track of the Ancestors of the Scalvians. The Remains of the Migration Period Cemetery at Tilsit

Wojciech Nowakowski

Pub. online: 20 Dec 2010 Type: Article

Open Access

Journal: Archaeologia Baltica Volume 14 (2010): Underwater Archaeology in the Baltic Region, pp. 234–240

Abstract

The Early Medieval Scalva region, situated on the Lower Neman,* was, it seems, already relatively densely populated in the Migration Period. The concentration of Migration Period cemeteries on the eastern outskirts of the later city of Tilsit might indicate this. The Am Philosophengang necropolis was one of these sites. Completely unknown until recently, the cemetery is now being ‘rediscovered’ on the basis of archive records

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