Pile Dwellings in the Circum-Baltic Area

Autor: Elena Pranckėnaitė, Ekaterina Dolbunova, Andrey Mazurkevich
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Documenta Praehistorica, Vol 48 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1408-967X
1854-2492
DOI: 10.4312/dp.48.14
Popis: The phenomenon of northern pile dwellings has been found in different geographical zones and landscapes of the Circum-Baltic region: in sea landscapes and on the shores of inland lakes and rivers. Inland sites were established in specific lacustrine landscapes, appearing within former post-glacial basins. The pile dwellings revealed here are characterized by different types of wooden buildings, including structures with raised floors. They are dated to the 4th millennium BC to 4th century BC in Central Europe and the Baltics, and to the end of the 4th to end of the 3rd millennium BC – in NW Russia and Belarus. They appeared in major cases independently and followed different cultural trajectories. The article presents an overview of a number of sites which can be attributed to pile dwelling settlements distributed in the Circum-Baltic area. It discusses particular features of their construction, traits of material culture, and site location patterns.
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