NEW ASPECTS OF THE MESOLITHIC-NEOLITHIC CEMETERIES AND SETTLEMENT AT ZVEJNIEKI, NORTHERN LATVIA
(2017) In Acta Archaeologica 88(1). p.57-93- Abstract
The paper reflects upon recent international research at Zvejnieki in northern Latvia, a renowned complex of a burial ground and two settlement sites used in the Mesolithic and Neolithic. Since its discovery and first excavations in the 1960s, Zvejnieki continues to produce evidence that provides new grounds for understanding mortuary practises and ancient lifeways. This information is relevant for other contemporary sites in Europe revealing new and hitherto unexpected elements of burial traditions. It is suggested that the Zvejnieki population was partly mobile, and the site was one of the places to bury the dead. The ancestral link was established through transportation and use of occupational debris from more ancient sites and... (More)
The paper reflects upon recent international research at Zvejnieki in northern Latvia, a renowned complex of a burial ground and two settlement sites used in the Mesolithic and Neolithic. Since its discovery and first excavations in the 1960s, Zvejnieki continues to produce evidence that provides new grounds for understanding mortuary practises and ancient lifeways. This information is relevant for other contemporary sites in Europe revealing new and hitherto unexpected elements of burial traditions. It is suggested that the Zvejnieki population was partly mobile, and the site was one of the places to bury the dead. The ancestral link was established through transportation and use of occupational debris from more ancient sites and through the incorporation of earlier burial space or even burials into the new graves. The depth of a burial also appears to be a significant variable in ancient mortuary practices.
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- Larsson, Lars LU ; Stutz, Liv Nilsson LU ; Zagorska, Ilga ; Bērziņš, Valdis and Ceriņa, Aija
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- publishing date
- 2017-12-01
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
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- Acta Archaeologica
- volume
- 88
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 37 pages
- publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
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- scopus:85040456324
- ISSN
- 0065-101X
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1600-0390.2017.12177.x
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- English
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author = {{Larsson, Lars and Stutz, Liv Nilsson and Zagorska, Ilga and Bērziņš, Valdis and Ceriņa, Aija}},
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title = {{NEW ASPECTS OF THE MESOLITHIC-NEOLITHIC CEMETERIES AND SETTLEMENT AT ZVEJNIEKI, NORTHERN LATVIA}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0390.2017.12177.x}},
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