More Than Just Zvejnieki: An Overview of Latvian Stone Age Burials

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The well-known Zvejnieki cemetery, with 330 burials, is one of the largest hunter-gatherer cemeteries in northern Europe, overshadowing the more than 115 other Stone Age burials from over ten sites in Latvia. This article is a first overview of these other burials, summarizing their research history, characteristics, and assemblages. The authors discuss the problematic chronology of Latvian Stone Age burials and place them in a wider regional context. Most of the burials are hunter-gatherer burials, and a few are Corded Ware graves. This overview broadens our understanding of Latvian Stone Age burials and brings to light the diversity of hunter-fisher-gatherer mortuary practices in the eastern Baltic region.

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Macāne, A., & Nordqvist, K. (2021, August 1). More Than Just Zvejnieki: An Overview of Latvian Stone Age Burials. European Journal of Archaeology. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/eaa.2020.64

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