Analysis of late mid-Neolithic pottery illuminates the presenceof a Corded Ware Culture on the Baltic Island of Gotland

Documenta Praehistorica

Helene Martinsson Wallin²  Erik Palmgren¹ 

[1] Visby$$;Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Uppsala University$$

关键词: Pitted ware culture (PWC);    Gotland;    Ceramics;    Ajvide;   

DOI  :  10.4312/dp.42.21

学科分类：地球科学(综合)

来源: Univerza v Ljubljani * Filozofska Fakulteta / University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Philosophy

【 摘 要 】

In this paper, we discuss variations seen in the ornamentation and modes of manufacturing pottery from the end of the mid-Neolithic 4600–4300 BP on the Island of Gotland in the  Baltic Sea. The Pitted Ware cultural groups have been discussed as a western influence from the Swedish mainland, but the aDNA on skeletal remains point to eastern influences. We analyse and discuss pottery from the well-investigated Ajvide Pitted Ware site and what these variations mean in  term of intra- and inter-island relationships, ethnicity and change, and we suggest the development  of what could be described as a hybrid culture.

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