Gintautas Vėlius
Biographic Data
| ID | 6042256 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gintautas Vėlius |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gintautas |
| FAMILY NAME | Vėlius |
| SIGNATURE | VĖLIUS G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vilnius University |
| ORCID | 0009-0002-9523-7651 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Animal exploitation over two millennia at Aukuras hill hillfort at the Kernavė archaeological complex, Lithuania
The KernavÄ archaeological complex in eastern Lithuania provides a rare opportunity to investigate long-term changes in humanâ animal relationships within a single site landscape. This paper presents the results of zooarchaeological analyses of 15 339 animal remains recovered from Aukuras hill hillfort in KernavÄ , of which 4207 were identified to various taxonomic levels, from order and family to species. The assemblage spans four occupation pha…
Agricultural development in the southeastern Baltic region from the late Bronze Age to the medieval period
Archaeological Research in the Našlaičiai Cemetery (Vilnius City) – Searches for the Remains of Lithuanian Partisans
The article describes the archaeological research of the Našlaičiai (Orphans’) Cemetery in Vilnius carried out over the period of 2017–2020. The remains of the Lithuanian post-war partisans shot in the KGB Internal Prison between 1956 and 1963 had been searched for more than a decade. Only in 2016 the historian D. Indrišionis suggested a solid hypothesis, based on archival documents and documented facts, that the remains of the partisans could be…
Functional Evolution of the Kernavė Hillforts in the Iron Age
This article explores the finds and post-excavation reports of earlier archaeological investigations in the five Kernavė hillforts. The detailed analysis of the assembled finds, discovered features and structures made it possible to revise and improve the prieviously suggested evolution model for the Kernavė hillforts. It reveals the evolution of the hillforts to have been much more complicated and that, over time, their function has changed rath…
Landscape Transformations in the Historical Capitals of Lithuania during the 13th-14th Centuries
The castles of Kernavė, Trakai and Vilnius define the core territory of the nascent Lithuanian state. The transformation of the landscape in order to create power centres within the territory of Lithuania at the end of the 13 th century into the 14 th century is a testimony to the ambitions of the ruling Gediminid dynasty. The article presents the results of research carried out in 2018-2019 based on LiDAR data analysis, geophysical surveys, and …
Senieji Trakai – gamtinės aplinkos transformacijos
[full article and abstract in Lithuanian; abstract in English] Extensive works of environmental transformations were carried out in the main administrative centers of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania during the 13th–14th c. These processes reveal the potential of the Gediminid ruling dynasty. Development processes in the 13th–14th c. Vilnius are being researched and give essentially new data on the genesis of the capital. Nevertheless, similar works,…
The returning dead
The paper analyses unconventional burials in Christian Lithuania in the 14th-17th centuries. The burials contain either headless or limbless bodies buried with face downwards or on their side; such inhumations are not to be attributed as occasional or entirely exceptive ones. These burials in substance do reflect the continuity of some certain pagan burial rituals and traditions. The great number of so-called unconventional inhumations in medieva…
Lietuviški piniginiai sidabro lydiniai Kernavėje
A fragment of the Lithuanian monetary elongated bar-shaped ingot was first found in Lithuania in 1983 during archaeological excavations at the Obeliai Lake (Ukmergė District), in the layer of cremation burials (Urbanavičius, 1988, p. 40, pav. 64:7). During the last decades Lithuanian monetary silver ingots as well as their counterfeits are increasingly more often found during excavations.Six fragments of ingots in the shape of a semicircular rod,…
Landscape Transformations in the Historical Capitals of Lithuania during the 13th-14th Centuries
The castles of Kernavė, Trakai and Vilnius define the core territory of the nascent Lithuanian state. The transformation of the landscape in order to create power centres within the territory of Lithuania at the end of the 13 th century into the 14 th century is a testimony to the ambitions of the ruling Gediminid dynasty. The article presents the results of research carried out in 2018-2019 based on LiDAR data analysis, geophysical surveys, and …
The returning dead
The paper analyses unconventional burials in Christian Lithuania in the 14th-17th centuries. The burials contain either headless or limbless bodies buried with face downwards or on their side; such inhumations are not to be attributed as occasional or entirely exceptive ones. These burials in substance do reflect the continuity of some certain pagan burial rituals and traditions. The great number of so-called unconventional inhumations in medieva…
Lietuviški piniginiai sidabro lydiniai Kernavėje
A fragment of the Lithuanian monetary elongated bar-shaped ingot was first found in Lithuania in 1983 during archaeological excavations at the Obeliai Lake (Ukmergė District), in the layer of cremation burials (Urbanavičius, 1988, p. 40, pav. 64:7). During the last decades Lithuanian monetary silver ingots as well as their counterfeits are increasingly more often found during excavations.Six fragments of ingots in the shape of a semicircular rod,…
Senieji Trakai – gamtinės aplinkos transformacijos
[full article and abstract in Lithuanian; abstract in English] Extensive works of environmental transformations were carried out in the main administrative centers of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania during the 13th–14th c. These processes reveal the potential of the Gediminid ruling dynasty. Development processes in the 13th–14th c. Vilnius are being researched and give essentially new data on the genesis of the capital. Nevertheless, similar works,…
Functional Evolution of the Kernavė Hillforts in the Iron Age
This article explores the finds and post-excavation reports of earlier archaeological investigations in the five Kernavė hillforts. The detailed analysis of the assembled finds, discovered features and structures made it possible to revise and improve the prieviously suggested evolution model for the Kernavė hillforts. It reveals the evolution of the hillforts to have been much more complicated and that, over time, their function has changed rath…
Landscape Transformations in the Historical Capitals of Lithuania during the 13th-14th Centuries
The castles of Kernavė, Trakai and Vilnius define the core territory of the nascent Lithuanian state. The transformation of the landscape in order to create power centres within the territory of Lithuania at the end of the 13 th century into the 14 th century is a testimony to the ambitions of the ruling Gediminid dynasty. The article presents the results of research carried out in 2018-2019 based on LiDAR data analysis, geophysical surveys, and …
Archaeological Research in the Našlaičiai Cemetery (Vilnius City) – Searches for the Remains of Lithuanian Partisans
The article describes the archaeological research of the Našlaičiai (Orphans’) Cemetery in Vilnius carried out over the period of 2017–2020. The remains of the Lithuanian post-war partisans shot in the KGB Internal Prison between 1956 and 1963 had been searched for more than a decade. Only in 2016 the historian D. Indrišionis suggested a solid hypothesis, based on archival documents and documented facts, that the remains of the partisans could be…
Agricultural development in the southeastern Baltic region from the late Bronze Age to the medieval period
Animal exploitation over two millennia at Aukuras hill hillfort at the Kernavė archaeological complex, Lithuania
The KernavÄ archaeological complex in eastern Lithuania provides a rare opportunity to investigate long-term changes in humanâ animal relationships within a single site landscape. This paper presents the results of zooarchaeological analyses of 15 339 animal remains recovered from Aukuras hill hillfort in KernavÄ , of which 4207 were identified to various taxonomic levels, from order and family to species. The assemblage spans four occupation pha…
Historical and Archaeological Studies (7 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · History (5 works) · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies (4 works) · Ancient history (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Lithuanian (3 works)