Bell Beakers in the Masurian Lake District in north-eastern Poland – relics and identification issues
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11000366 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D Manasterski (0000-0002-0246-4795, Faculty of Archaeology University of Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście St. 26/28 00-927 Warsaw Poland, corresponding author), Katarzyna Januszek (0000-0001-7355-3827, Faculty of Archaeology University of Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście St. 26/28 00-927 Warsaw Poland), Aleksandra Cetwińska (0000-0002-6131-9889, Antiquity of Southeastern Europe Research Centre University of Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście 32 00-927 Warsaw Poland) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 97 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 522-543 |
| Publication date | 2022-12-16 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Praehistorische Zeitschrift (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0079-4848 • E-ISSN: 1613-0804 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/pz-2022-2032 |
| OpenAlex | W4282939536 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Until the beginning of the 21 st century it was believed that the north-eastern border of Bell Beaker influence reaches the Vistula River basin. Recent discoveries in the North Podlachian Lowland provided grounds for verification of this belief, particularly with regards to the Masurian Lake District, which used to be considered as a territory of intensive activity of the Iwno Culture – a propagator of Bell Beaker influence in this part of Europe. This verification included materials of the highest diagnostic value – pottery and flint artefacts from two best-researched sites in this area: Ząbie X and Szestno II. As a result, fragments of pottery vessels and flint artefacts which can be conclusively associated with Bell Beakers were identified and their analyses revealed that these objects were not connected with the local Iwno Culture, but rather resembled both the materials recently unearthed in the North Podlachian Lowland and corresponding materials from the area of the Atlantic coast. This might mean that people carrying the Bell Beaker cultural package reached the area of the Masurian Lake District and North Podlachian Lowland in the Late Neolithic
Archaeology · Beaker · Geography · Polychrome · Pottery · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Historical and Archaeological Studies · Linguistics and language evolution
| Citations per year | 0.75 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |