Aija Ceriņa

Biographic Data

ID	202626
NAME	Aija Ceriņa
GIVEN NAMES	Aija
FAMILY NAME	Ceriņa
SIGNATURE	CERIŅA A
AFFILIATIONS	University of Latvia
ORCID	0000-0003-2176-3309
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	14
TOTAL CITATIONS	29
WORKS AS AUTHOR	14
WORKS AS EDITOR	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	2007
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2024
H-INDEX	4

Human-induced vegetation change in the Turaida vicinity during the Iron Age and the medieval period
Open AccessAlise Gunnarssone, Aija Ceriņa et al.ARTICLEArchaeologia BALTICA2024
A lack of detailed information on pollen from the Gauja River valley potentially limits the strength of various reconstructions (vegetation composition, human impact, dominant agricultural activities) for this territory. This study seeks to examine the human-induced changes on vegetation, in particular with regard to the arrival of the Livs in the Turaida vicinity during the Late Iron Age. Here, we present the first analyses of pollen data, macro…
Dietary Practices During the Late Neolithic and the Bronze Age in the Territory of Latvia
Open AccessVanda Visocka, Gunita Zariņa et al.ARTICLELatvijas Vēstures Institūta Žurnāls2023
This paper deals with the identification and comparison of dietary practices and their changes from the Late Neolithic to the Late Bronze Age in two different ecosystems – the lower reaches of the Daugava river and Lake Lubāns wetland. Zooarchaeological, palaeobotanical, and stable isotope evidence of chemical elements were used. The obtained results show that the beginning of early farming in Latvia can be observed in the late Neolithic period, …
Two burials in a unique freshwater shell midden
Open AccessUte Brinker, Valdis Bērziņš et al.ARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2020Cited by: 10References: 47
Krievu Kalns Hill-Fort
Open AccessAndrejs Vasks, Vanda Visocka et al.ARTICLEArchaeologia BALTICA2019
The article examines the results of the 2012 and 2013 archaeological excavations of Skrundas Krievu kalns hill-fort, situated in western Latvia. Krievu kalns was listed as a site in the 1920s, but it was not regarded as a hill-fort. During a site inspection, striated pottery was discovered, and this indicated that it might be numbered as a Late Bronze Age and Pre-Roman Iron Age habitation. Excavations revealed the site to be a hill-fort that was …
A multi-proxy, diachronic and spatial perspective on the urban activities within an indigenous community in medieval Riga, Latvia
Open AccessRowena Y Banerjea, Monika Badura et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2017
Plant macrofossil, pollen and invertebrate analysis of a mid-14th century cesspit from medieval Riga, Latvia (the eastern Baltic)
Open AccessAlex Brown, Monika Badura et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2017Cited by: 3References: 20
New Aspects of the Mesolithic-Neolithic Cemeteries and Settlement at Zvejnieki, Northern Latvia
Open AccessLars Larsson, L N Stutz et al.ARTICLEActa Archaeologica2017Cited by: 5References: 7
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…
Priedaine
Open AccessValdis Bērziņš, Aija Ceriņa et al.ARTICLEArchaeologia BALTICA2016
The Neolithic site of Priedaine in Jūrmala was excavated on a small scale in 2007–2008, yielding an assemblage of Comb Ceramics, along with unique wooden implements and fragments of pine-lath fishing structures. The environment and subsistence resources are indicated by plant macrofossil remains and a small faunal collection. Located by a palaeolake and also very close to the sea, the site, dated to c. 3700–3500 cal BC, would have been oriented t…
Recurrent Mesolithic–Neolithic occupation at Sise (western Latvia) and shoreline displacement in the Baltic Sea Basin
Open AccessValdis Bērziņš, Harald Lübke et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2016Cited by: 4References: 2
A major assemblage of Mesolithic and Neolithic wooden artefacts has been recovered from the bed of the River Užava at Sise, in the coastal belt of western Latvia. New archaeological investigation has also produced wooden remains and other evidence of occupation on the riverbank. On the basis of multi-proxy environmental data and radiocarbon dating, this article offers a first attempt to place the human activity in a palaeolandscape context. The e…
Reconstruction of the Holocene palaeoenvironmental conditions accordingly to the multiproxy sedimentary records from Lake Pilvelis, Latvia
Open AccessKarina Stankevica, Laimdota Kalniņa et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2015
Palaeoenvironmental evidence for the impact of the crusades on the local and regional environment of medieval (13th–16th century) northern Latvia, eastern Baltic
Open AccessNormunds Stivrins, Alex Brown et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2015Cited by: 3References: 8
This paper evaluates the impact of the crusades on the landscape and environment of northern Latvia between the 13th–16th centuries (medieval Livonia). The crusades replaced tribal societies in the eastern Baltic with a religious state (Ordenstaat) run by the military orders and their allies, accompanied by significant social, cultural and economic developments. These changes have previously received little consideration in palaeoenvironmental st…
Potential Freshwater Reservoir Effects in a Neolithic Shell Midden at Riņņkalns, Latvia
John Meadows, Harald Lübke et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2014Cited by: 4References: 17
Riņņukalns is the only known prehistoric shell midden in the eastern Baltic, and is one of the few middens in northern Europe consisting mainly of freshwater mussel shells. Situated on the Salaca River at the outlet of Lake Burtnieks, in northeastern Latvia, the site was originally excavated in the 1870s, and reinvestigated several times over the following decades. A new excavation in 2011 showed that part of the midden remained intact. The new e…
A Cromerian Complex palaeolake sediment sequence from the Zidini site, south-eastern Latvia
Open AccessLaimdota Kalniņa, Ivars Strautnieks et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2013
Upper Pleistocene biostratigraphy and traces of glaciotectonics at the Satiki site, western Latvia
Open AccessLaimdota Kalniņa, Ivars Strautnieks et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2007

Two burials in a unique freshwater shell midden
Open AccessUte Brinker, Valdis Bērziņš et al.ARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2020Cited by: 10References: 47
New Aspects of the Mesolithic-Neolithic Cemeteries and Settlement at Zvejnieki, Northern Latvia
Open AccessLars Larsson, L N Stutz et al.ARTICLEActa Archaeologica2017Cited by: 5References: 7
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…
Recurrent Mesolithic–Neolithic occupation at Sise (western Latvia) and shoreline displacement in the Baltic Sea Basin
Open AccessValdis Bērziņš, Harald Lübke et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2016Cited by: 4References: 2
A major assemblage of Mesolithic and Neolithic wooden artefacts has been recovered from the bed of the River Užava at Sise, in the coastal belt of western Latvia. New archaeological investigation has also produced wooden remains and other evidence of occupation on the riverbank. On the basis of multi-proxy environmental data and radiocarbon dating, this article offers a first attempt to place the human activity in a palaeolandscape context. The e…
Potential Freshwater Reservoir Effects in a Neolithic Shell Midden at Riņņkalns, Latvia
John Meadows, Harald Lübke et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2014Cited by: 4References: 17
Riņņukalns is the only known prehistoric shell midden in the eastern Baltic, and is one of the few middens in northern Europe consisting mainly of freshwater mussel shells. Situated on the Salaca River at the outlet of Lake Burtnieks, in northeastern Latvia, the site was originally excavated in the 1870s, and reinvestigated several times over the following decades. A new excavation in 2011 showed that part of the midden remained intact. The new e…
Plant macrofossil, pollen and invertebrate analysis of a mid-14th century cesspit from medieval Riga, Latvia (the eastern Baltic)
Open AccessAlex Brown, Monika Badura et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2017Cited by: 3References: 20
Palaeoenvironmental evidence for the impact of the crusades on the local and regional environment of medieval (13th–16th century) northern Latvia, eastern Baltic
Open AccessNormunds Stivrins, Alex Brown et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2015Cited by: 3References: 8
This paper evaluates the impact of the crusades on the landscape and environment of northern Latvia between the 13th–16th centuries (medieval Livonia). The crusades replaced tribal societies in the eastern Baltic with a religious state (Ordenstaat) run by the military orders and their allies, accompanied by significant social, cultural and economic developments. These changes have previously received little consideration in palaeoenvironmental st…

Upper Pleistocene biostratigraphy and traces of glaciotectonics at the Satiki site, western Latvia
Open AccessLaimdota Kalniņa, Ivars Strautnieks et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2007
A Cromerian Complex palaeolake sediment sequence from the Zidini site, south-eastern Latvia
Open AccessLaimdota Kalniņa, Ivars Strautnieks et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2013
Potential Freshwater Reservoir Effects in a Neolithic Shell Midden at Riņņkalns, Latvia
John Meadows, Harald Lübke et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2014Cited by: 4References: 17
Riņņukalns is the only known prehistoric shell midden in the eastern Baltic, and is one of the few middens in northern Europe consisting mainly of freshwater mussel shells. Situated on the Salaca River at the outlet of Lake Burtnieks, in northeastern Latvia, the site was originally excavated in the 1870s, and reinvestigated several times over the following decades. A new excavation in 2011 showed that part of the midden remained intact. The new e…
Reconstruction of the Holocene palaeoenvironmental conditions accordingly to the multiproxy sedimentary records from Lake Pilvelis, Latvia
Open AccessKarina Stankevica, Laimdota Kalniņa et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2015
Palaeoenvironmental evidence for the impact of the crusades on the local and regional environment of medieval (13th–16th century) northern Latvia, eastern Baltic
Open AccessNormunds Stivrins, Alex Brown et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2015Cited by: 3References: 8
This paper evaluates the impact of the crusades on the landscape and environment of northern Latvia between the 13th–16th centuries (medieval Livonia). The crusades replaced tribal societies in the eastern Baltic with a religious state (Ordenstaat) run by the military orders and their allies, accompanied by significant social, cultural and economic developments. These changes have previously received little consideration in palaeoenvironmental st…
Priedaine
Open AccessValdis Bērziņš, Aija Ceriņa et al.ARTICLEArchaeologia BALTICA2016
The Neolithic site of Priedaine in Jūrmala was excavated on a small scale in 2007–2008, yielding an assemblage of Comb Ceramics, along with unique wooden implements and fragments of pine-lath fishing structures. The environment and subsistence resources are indicated by plant macrofossil remains and a small faunal collection. Located by a palaeolake and also very close to the sea, the site, dated to c. 3700–3500 cal BC, would have been oriented t…
Recurrent Mesolithic–Neolithic occupation at Sise (western Latvia) and shoreline displacement in the Baltic Sea Basin
Open AccessValdis Bērziņš, Harald Lübke et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2016Cited by: 4References: 2
A major assemblage of Mesolithic and Neolithic wooden artefacts has been recovered from the bed of the River Užava at Sise, in the coastal belt of western Latvia. New archaeological investigation has also produced wooden remains and other evidence of occupation on the riverbank. On the basis of multi-proxy environmental data and radiocarbon dating, this article offers a first attempt to place the human activity in a palaeolandscape context. The e…
A multi-proxy, diachronic and spatial perspective on the urban activities within an indigenous community in medieval Riga, Latvia
Open AccessRowena Y Banerjea, Monika Badura et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2017
Plant macrofossil, pollen and invertebrate analysis of a mid-14th century cesspit from medieval Riga, Latvia (the eastern Baltic)
Open AccessAlex Brown, Monika Badura et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2017Cited by: 3References: 20
New Aspects of the Mesolithic-Neolithic Cemeteries and Settlement at Zvejnieki, Northern Latvia
Open AccessLars Larsson, L N Stutz et al.ARTICLEActa Archaeologica2017Cited by: 5References: 7
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…
Krievu Kalns Hill-Fort
Open AccessAndrejs Vasks, Vanda Visocka et al.ARTICLEArchaeologia BALTICA2019
The article examines the results of the 2012 and 2013 archaeological excavations of Skrundas Krievu kalns hill-fort, situated in western Latvia. Krievu kalns was listed as a site in the 1920s, but it was not regarded as a hill-fort. During a site inspection, striated pottery was discovered, and this indicated that it might be numbered as a Late Bronze Age and Pre-Roman Iron Age habitation. Excavations revealed the site to be a hill-fort that was …
Two burials in a unique freshwater shell midden
Open AccessUte Brinker, Valdis Bērziņš et al.ARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2020Cited by: 10References: 47
Dietary Practices During the Late Neolithic and the Bronze Age in the Territory of Latvia
Open AccessVanda Visocka, Gunita Zariņa et al.ARTICLELatvijas Vēstures Institūta Žurnāls2023
This paper deals with the identification and comparison of dietary practices and their changes from the Late Neolithic to the Late Bronze Age in two different ecosystems – the lower reaches of the Daugava river and Lake Lubāns wetland. Zooarchaeological, palaeobotanical, and stable isotope evidence of chemical elements were used. The obtained results show that the beginning of early farming in Latvia can be observed in the late Neolithic period, …
Human-induced vegetation change in the Turaida vicinity during the Iron Age and the medieval period
Open AccessAlise Gunnarssone, Aija Ceriņa et al.ARTICLEArchaeologia BALTICA2024
A lack of detailed information on pollen from the Gauja River valley potentially limits the strength of various reconstructions (vegetation composition, human impact, dominant agricultural activities) for this territory. This study seeks to examine the human-induced changes on vegetation, in particular with regard to the arrival of the Livs in the Turaida vicinity during the Late Iron Age. Here, we present the first analyses of pollen data, macro…