Tomas Rimkus
Biographic Data
| ID | 1345230 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tomas Rimkus |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tomas |
| FAMILY NAME | Rimkus |
| SIGNATURE | RIMKUS T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Klaipėda University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5042-1266 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 20 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A survey of engraved hunter-fisher-gatherer osseous artefacts in Stone Age Lithuania
Engraved osseous objects are well-known in the material culture of northern European hunter-fisher-gatherers. This paper presents data on 26 engraved bone tools or objects that could potentially be fragments of functional tools from Lithuania. The analysis focused primarily on the types of engravings and their patterns, which were studied through microscopic observation and by comparing the data with that from similar objects found in other terri…
An engraved tooth pendant from Donkalnis, western Lithuania
A re-examination of animal tooth pendants from Mesolithic (c. 9000–5000 BC in Lithuania) graves at Donkalnis (western Lithuania) revealed one engraved specimen. Among the hundreds of pendants reported for this period in the eastern Baltic, engravings are rare. The discovery offers new insights into the human-animal relationships reflected in northern forager burial traditions
New insights into the mid-late Holocene environmental history in the E Baltic – multi-proxy data from Aukštumala raised bog, W Lithuania
Hunter-Gatherer Interaction in a Dynamic Lake Shore Landscape During the Late Pleistocene–Late Holocene in Southern Lithuania
Osseous artefacts reveal new aspects of the Final Palaeolithic and Mesolithic human behaviour in the southeastern Baltic
Vilūnai 5
In 2020, extensive archaeological research was carried out in the western part of the Kalviai Lake valley. New sites were identified, one of which was named Vilūnai 5. It is a sandy open-air site located on a fluvioglacial hill. The archaeological investigations have shown that the site was probably visited by people as early as the Final Palaeolithic, but the most intensive episodes of occupation are seen in the Mesolithic, Subneolithic and Neol…
Conference report ‘Final Palaeolithic and Early Mesolithic of Northern Eurasia
Publisher: Klaipėdos universitetas, Journal: Archaeologia Baltica, Title: Conference report ‘Final Palaeolithic and Early Mesolithic of Northern Eurasia - New research and recent discoveries’— A meeting of the UISPP commission The Final Palaeolithic of Northern Eurasia, Authors: Tomas Rimkus
Socketed antler toggle harpoon head – a unique huntergatherer fishing implement in western Lithuania’s freshwater lake environment
DaktariÅ¡kÄ 5 is a huntergatherer site with organic preservation in western Lithuania. It is located on a former island of Lake BirÅ3⁄4ulis, where most finds were obtained in the lacustrine environment. The excavations revealed various osseous tools, such as axes and adzes, projectile points, barbed points, gouges and chisels, dating from the 6th to the 3rd millennium cal BC. Despite the abundance of finds in the vicinity of Lake BirÅ3⁄4ulis, in…
The chronology of T-shaped antler axe technology in northeastern Europe
We present new AMS 14 C dates and technological characteristics of an enigmatic osseous implement – the T-shaped antler axe. T-shaped axes (T-axes) are made of red deer ( Cervus elaphus L.) antler beams with the perforation for a shaft through the removed trez tine. Our study centres on 33 axes from Belarus, Latvia and Lithuania, most of which were found during drainage of wetlands or sediment extraction in the 20 th century, and thus remained un…
T-shaped antler axes in Lithuania
This paper discusses one of the most characteristic hunter-gatherer osseous implements — the T-shaped antler axe. These are made from red deer (Cervus elaphus) antler beam by removing the trez tine and creating a perforation for a shaft in its place. This type of axe is quite widely known in the Late Mesolithic and Early Neolithic contexts of northern, western and central Europe. Until now, T-shaped antler axes have been only sporadically mention…
Bone Points in Time
Bone points were one of the major hunting implements in northern European hunter-gatherer societies. They differ in shapes, types, and manufacturing techniques. In this paper, we investigate 22 bone points from the territory of Lithuania, by studying their morpho-technological characteristics, direct dates, and adhesive residues. The majority are isolated finds, but four points were selected from excavated archaeological sites dated between the 5…
Hunter-Gatherer Bone and Antler Implements in Lithuanian Coastal Area
Stone Age bone and antler implements are an essential study material, as they contain important information on hunter-gatherer tool making technology, dynamics in hunted animal species, choices of raw materials and much more. Some specimens have unique engravings and incisions on their surface, enabling the studies of the decoration patterns. Moreover, organic finds can be dated by radiocarbon, allowing to approach osseous technologies from a chr…
An attempt to link a lithic complex with the Late Palaeolithic Rangifer tarandus antler axe from the Parupė site in northern Lithuania
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 di…
Essential changes in the composition of copper alloys reveal technological diversities in the transition from the Earliest Iron Age to the Early Roman period in Lithuania
In the context of archaeometallurgical studies of copper alloys, it is relevant to record the essential changes in the elemental composition of copper alloys that occur during changes in technology and transitions in human history. This article presents the shift in the elemental composition of copper alloy from bronze-based alloys to brass ones during essential changes in archaeological material which happened at the turn of the Earliest Iron Ag…
The Final Palaeolithic in the coastal part of Lithuania with the technological emphasis on Aukštumala Stone Age sites
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 connecti…
Mesolithic AMS 14C Evidence on Microlithic and Pressure Blade Technology in the Lakeland of Eastern Lithuania
The paper presents directly dated evidence of microlithic and blade pressure technology from the newly discovered Žingiai Stone Age site situated in eastern Lithuania. During its extensive excavations in 2017–2018, numerous features containing typologically discerned lithic material and datable organic were uncovered. One feature, in particular, No. 11, contained preserved fragments of animal bones and wood charcoal. Its lithic inventory consiste…
The Decorated Spindle-Shaped Bone Dagger from Šarnelė
This paper presents the latest data on a spindle-shaped decorated bone dagger, which was found as a stray find in the village of Šarnelė in northwest Lithuania, and which recently been dated to the Final Palaeolithic. It is currently the only one such example of osseous technology in Lithuania dated to this period. In 2016, we started to reinvestigate the Stone Age material from the Samogitian highland by AMS radiocarbon (14C) dating, stable isot…
Kongemose Flint Technology in the East Baltic Area. Some Examples from Lithuanian Stone Age Sites
This article presents data on Kongemose culture material which has been found in Lithuania but not yet studied. Based on material from west, east and south Lithuania Stone Age settlements, the aim is to acknowledge the existence of this culture’s technology during the Atlantic period in the east Baltic region. The use-wear method was also used for a more detailed analysis. The results of the article contain versions of the emergence and developme…
The Elks of Šventoji
The elk staff is a characteristic Stone Age artefact from the Baltic region. The most elegant specimens have been found in the Olenij Ostrov burial site and various Stone Age sites in Šventoji. In 2016, the use-wear of artefacts found in the Stone Age sites of Šventoji was studied microscopically under a magnification factor of 690. The research effort also resulted in the successful dating of one of the staves found at the third archaeological s…
Experimental and Use-wear Examinations of Flint Knives
The abundant quantity of flint blades with use-wear traces can be found within Lithuanian archaeological materials. These balades are frequently treated with various additional types of retouch techniques which provide more knowledge on the exploitation of those tools. An absence of organic material makes it extremely difficult to understand the real purpose of those artifacts. Suchlike flint blades, which typologically are considered as knives, …
Bone Points in Time
Bone points were one of the major hunting implements in northern European hunter-gatherer societies. They differ in shapes, types, and manufacturing techniques. In this paper, we investigate 22 bone points from the territory of Lithuania, by studying their morpho-technological characteristics, direct dates, and adhesive residues. The majority are isolated finds, but four points were selected from excavated archaeological sites dated between the 5…
Hunter-Gatherer Bone and Antler Implements in Lithuanian Coastal Area
Stone Age bone and antler implements are an essential study material, as they contain important information on hunter-gatherer tool making technology, dynamics in hunted animal species, choices of raw materials and much more. Some specimens have unique engravings and incisions on their surface, enabling the studies of the decoration patterns. Moreover, organic finds can be dated by radiocarbon, allowing to approach osseous technologies from a chr…
The Elks of Šventoji
The elk staff is a characteristic Stone Age artefact from the Baltic region. The most elegant specimens have been found in the Olenij Ostrov burial site and various Stone Age sites in Šventoji. In 2016, the use-wear of artefacts found in the Stone Age sites of Šventoji was studied microscopically under a magnification factor of 690. The research effort also resulted in the successful dating of one of the staves found at the third archaeological s…
The chronology of T-shaped antler axe technology in northeastern Europe
We present new AMS 14 C dates and technological characteristics of an enigmatic osseous implement – the T-shaped antler axe. T-shaped axes (T-axes) are made of red deer ( Cervus elaphus L.) antler beams with the perforation for a shaft through the removed trez tine. Our study centres on 33 axes from Belarus, Latvia and Lithuania, most of which were found during drainage of wetlands or sediment extraction in the 20 th century, and thus remained un…
T-shaped antler axes in Lithuania
This paper discusses one of the most characteristic hunter-gatherer osseous implements — the T-shaped antler axe. These are made from red deer (Cervus elaphus) antler beam by removing the trez tine and creating a perforation for a shaft in its place. This type of axe is quite widely known in the Late Mesolithic and Early Neolithic contexts of northern, western and central Europe. Until now, T-shaped antler axes have been only sporadically mention…
Mesolithic AMS 14C Evidence on Microlithic and Pressure Blade Technology in the Lakeland of Eastern Lithuania
The paper presents directly dated evidence of microlithic and blade pressure technology from the newly discovered Žingiai Stone Age site situated in eastern Lithuania. During its extensive excavations in 2017–2018, numerous features containing typologically discerned lithic material and datable organic were uncovered. One feature, in particular, No. 11, contained preserved fragments of animal bones and wood charcoal. Its lithic inventory consiste…
Experimental and Use-wear Examinations of Flint Knives
The abundant quantity of flint blades with use-wear traces can be found within Lithuanian archaeological materials. These balades are frequently treated with various additional types of retouch techniques which provide more knowledge on the exploitation of those tools. An absence of organic material makes it extremely difficult to understand the real purpose of those artifacts. Suchlike flint blades, which typologically are considered as knives, …
Kongemose Flint Technology in the East Baltic Area. Some Examples from Lithuanian Stone Age Sites
This article presents data on Kongemose culture material which has been found in Lithuania but not yet studied. Based on material from west, east and south Lithuania Stone Age settlements, the aim is to acknowledge the existence of this culture’s technology during the Atlantic period in the east Baltic region. The use-wear method was also used for a more detailed analysis. The results of the article contain versions of the emergence and developme…
The Elks of Šventoji
The elk staff is a characteristic Stone Age artefact from the Baltic region. The most elegant specimens have been found in the Olenij Ostrov burial site and various Stone Age sites in Šventoji. In 2016, the use-wear of artefacts found in the Stone Age sites of Šventoji was studied microscopically under a magnification factor of 690. The research effort also resulted in the successful dating of one of the staves found at the third archaeological s…
The Decorated Spindle-Shaped Bone Dagger from Šarnelė
This paper presents the latest data on a spindle-shaped decorated bone dagger, which was found as a stray find in the village of Šarnelė in northwest Lithuania, and which recently been dated to the Final Palaeolithic. It is currently the only one such example of osseous technology in Lithuania dated to this period. In 2016, we started to reinvestigate the Stone Age material from the Samogitian highland by AMS radiocarbon (14C) dating, stable isot…
Mesolithic AMS 14C Evidence on Microlithic and Pressure Blade Technology in the Lakeland of Eastern Lithuania
The paper presents directly dated evidence of microlithic and blade pressure technology from the newly discovered Žingiai Stone Age site situated in eastern Lithuania. During its extensive excavations in 2017–2018, numerous features containing typologically discerned lithic material and datable organic were uncovered. One feature, in particular, No. 11, contained preserved fragments of animal bones and wood charcoal. Its lithic inventory consiste…
An attempt to link a lithic complex with the Late Palaeolithic Rangifer tarandus antler axe from the Parupė site in northern Lithuania
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 di…
Essential changes in the composition of copper alloys reveal technological diversities in the transition from the Earliest Iron Age to the Early Roman period in Lithuania
In the context of archaeometallurgical studies of copper alloys, it is relevant to record the essential changes in the elemental composition of copper alloys that occur during changes in technology and transitions in human history. This article presents the shift in the elemental composition of copper alloy from bronze-based alloys to brass ones during essential changes in archaeological material which happened at the turn of the Earliest Iron Ag…
The Final Palaeolithic in the coastal part of Lithuania with the technological emphasis on Aukštumala Stone Age sites
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 connecti…
T-shaped antler axes in Lithuania
This paper discusses one of the most characteristic hunter-gatherer osseous implements — the T-shaped antler axe. These are made from red deer (Cervus elaphus) antler beam by removing the trez tine and creating a perforation for a shaft in its place. This type of axe is quite widely known in the Late Mesolithic and Early Neolithic contexts of northern, western and central Europe. Until now, T-shaped antler axes have been only sporadically mention…
Bone Points in Time
Bone points were one of the major hunting implements in northern European hunter-gatherer societies. They differ in shapes, types, and manufacturing techniques. In this paper, we investigate 22 bone points from the territory of Lithuania, by studying their morpho-technological characteristics, direct dates, and adhesive residues. The majority are isolated finds, but four points were selected from excavated archaeological sites dated between the 5…
Hunter-Gatherer Bone and Antler Implements in Lithuanian Coastal Area
Stone Age bone and antler implements are an essential study material, as they contain important information on hunter-gatherer tool making technology, dynamics in hunted animal species, choices of raw materials and much more. Some specimens have unique engravings and incisions on their surface, enabling the studies of the decoration patterns. Moreover, organic finds can be dated by radiocarbon, allowing to approach osseous technologies from a chr…
Vilūnai 5
In 2020, extensive archaeological research was carried out in the western part of the Kalviai Lake valley. New sites were identified, one of which was named Vilūnai 5. It is a sandy open-air site located on a fluvioglacial hill. The archaeological investigations have shown that the site was probably visited by people as early as the Final Palaeolithic, but the most intensive episodes of occupation are seen in the Mesolithic, Subneolithic and Neol…
Conference report ‘Final Palaeolithic and Early Mesolithic of Northern Eurasia
Publisher: Klaipėdos universitetas, Journal: Archaeologia Baltica, Title: Conference report ‘Final Palaeolithic and Early Mesolithic of Northern Eurasia - New research and recent discoveries’— A meeting of the UISPP commission The Final Palaeolithic of Northern Eurasia, Authors: Tomas Rimkus
Socketed antler toggle harpoon head – a unique huntergatherer fishing implement in western Lithuania’s freshwater lake environment
DaktariÅ¡kÄ 5 is a huntergatherer site with organic preservation in western Lithuania. It is located on a former island of Lake BirÅ3⁄4ulis, where most finds were obtained in the lacustrine environment. The excavations revealed various osseous tools, such as axes and adzes, projectile points, barbed points, gouges and chisels, dating from the 6th to the 3rd millennium cal BC. Despite the abundance of finds in the vicinity of Lake BirÅ3⁄4ulis, in…
The chronology of T-shaped antler axe technology in northeastern Europe
We present new AMS 14 C dates and technological characteristics of an enigmatic osseous implement – the T-shaped antler axe. T-shaped axes (T-axes) are made of red deer ( Cervus elaphus L.) antler beams with the perforation for a shaft through the removed trez tine. Our study centres on 33 axes from Belarus, Latvia and Lithuania, most of which were found during drainage of wetlands or sediment extraction in the 20 th century, and thus remained un…
An engraved tooth pendant from Donkalnis, western Lithuania
A re-examination of animal tooth pendants from Mesolithic (c. 9000–5000 BC in Lithuania) graves at Donkalnis (western Lithuania) revealed one engraved specimen. Among the hundreds of pendants reported for this period in the eastern Baltic, engravings are rare. The discovery offers new insights into the human-animal relationships reflected in northern forager burial traditions
New insights into the mid-late Holocene environmental history in the E Baltic – multi-proxy data from Aukštumala raised bog, W Lithuania
Hunter-Gatherer Interaction in a Dynamic Lake Shore Landscape During the Late Pleistocene–Late Holocene in Southern Lithuania
Osseous artefacts reveal new aspects of the Final Palaeolithic and Mesolithic human behaviour in the southeastern Baltic
A survey of engraved hunter-fisher-gatherer osseous artefacts in Stone Age Lithuania
Engraved osseous objects are well-known in the material culture of northern European hunter-fisher-gatherers. This paper presents data on 26 engraved bone tools or objects that could potentially be fragments of functional tools from Lithuania. The analysis focused primarily on the types of engravings and their patterns, which were studied through microscopic observation and by comparing the data with that from similar objects found in other terri…
Archaeology (17 works) · Geography (17 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (14 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (13 works) · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies (9 works) · Geology (7 works) · Antler (6 works) · Art (6 works) · Mesolithic (6 works) · Chronology (5 works)