Armed People of East and Southeast Lithuania in the Geocultural Context of the Migration Period

Bliujienė, Audronė

doi:10.15181/ab.v19i0.280

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“…It is the northernmost find of a Barbarian princely warrior's assemblage in Europe. These finds allowed the precise dating of the grave to the second half of the 5th-early 6th centuries AD (Bliujienė and Steponaitis 2009) or even more narrowly, around 450-475 (Anke 1998:134), in accordance to numerous typological schemes. Three other males buried together with horses were found in surrounding barrows.…”

Section: Description Of the Cemeteriesmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Taurapilis barrow cemetery (Figure 1:10) is the most renowned Lithuanian Migration Period burial site. 14 barrows were excavated there in 1970-1971(Tautavic ˇius 1981Bliujienė and Steponaitis 2009). Barrow 5 contained a burial of a chieftain, who was accompanied to the grave by a horse and equipped with an abundant set of grave goods that included imports from N, S and Central Europe.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Supposedly, the slightly later stage of the East Lithuanian barrow culture is represented by burials of military aristocracy, who were accompanied into the afterlife by weapons and prestigious items that mostly originated from the Middle Danube region at the time of the Hunnic conquests or later. The middle of the 5th-early 6th centuries AD is the chronology most often proposed for this horizon in scholarly debates (Bliujienė and Steponaitis 2009;Bliujienė and Curta 2011;Kurila 2016). The third suggested route of influence or immigration extends from the Sambia peninsula (now Kaliningrad, Russian Federation) into Lithuania through the lower reaches of the Nemunas River and further into W Lithuania as well as along the Nemunas into Central Lithuania.…”

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New Human Bone Radiocarbon Dates From the Roman Period–migration Period Lithuanian Cemeteries

Kurila

Piličiauskienė²,

Simčenka³

et al. 2023

Radiocarbon

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A set (n = 37) of new human bone radiocarbon accelerator mass spectrometry (14C AMS) dates from 11 Lithuanian Late Roman Period–Migration Period cemeteries is presented and discussed in the light of the established schemes of archaeological chronology. The focus of the paper is on the burials of the military and social elite, which indicate the emergence of new cultural traditions in E–S and W–Central Lithuania or the immigration that took place during this time. The 14C dates allow us to suggest corrections to the dominant chronological pattern of cultural development in the region.

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Section: Description Of the Cemeteriesmentioning

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New Human Bone Radiocarbon Dates From the Roman Period–migration Period Lithuanian Cemeteries

Kurila

Piličiauskienė²,

Simčenka³

et al. 2023

Radiocarbon

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“…Nors ir įsivyravęs ne vienu metu ir dėl skirtingų įtakų, nesudegintų mirusiųjų laidojimas pilkapiuose Vėlyvajame romėniškajame laikotarpyje buvo dominuojanti (o gal ir vienintelė) laidojimo forma Rytų Lietuvoje. Kita vertus, sudėtinga vertinti, ar šis laidojimo paprotys laikytinas tuo metu kultūriškai dar labai nevienalytę erdvę (Tautavičius 1996, 46-47;Bliujienė 2016) realiai jungusiu bruožu, ar tik šiuolaikiniu apibendrinimu pagal išorinius laidojimo vietų panašumus. Šiuo požiūriu, visas regionas atrodo lyg didžiulė pereinamoji zona tarp Šiaurės Lietuvos pilkapynų ir Suvalkų, Užnemunės bei Pietų Lietuvos akmenų pilkapių.…”

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“…Teigiama, jog kremacija Pietryčių Lietuvoje imta praktikuoti bent šimtmečiu anksčiau, nei Rytų Lietuvojetarp III a. II pusės ir IV a. pradžios (Bliujienė 2016, 16-18). Sutarta Brūkšniuotosios keramikos kultūros nykimą aiškiai sieti nebe su kremacijos pasirodymu, o su Rytų Lietuvos pilkapių kultūros susidarymu (Лухтанас 2001;Vaitkevičius 2005a;2005b;Bliujienė 2006;Медведев 2010). Pastarosios kultūros pradžia nukeliama į III a., išplečiant griautinės laidosenos tarpsnį iki ištiso etapo Vėlyvajame romėniškajame laikotarpyje.…”

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Mirusiųjų deginimo papročio plitimas rytų Lietuvoje: naujas chronologinis modelis, paremtas radiokarboninio datavimo duomenimis

Kurila

2022

Lietuvos Archeologija

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The article discusses the model of the spread of cremation in the East Lithuanian barrow culture based on the data of radiocarbon dating. It proposes a review of the model established in literature that a wave of cremation spread from the south of the region to the north between the late 4th century AD and of the early 6th century AD. The stage of the earliest cremations can be dated to 248–335 cal AD, and the stage of the latest inhumations to 420–556 cal AD. This suggests that both inhumation and cremation were practised in Eastern Lithuania for about two centuries from the Late Roman period to the Late Migration period. The hypothesis that the practice of cremation spread from south to north is being corrected rather than refuted. While this process was quite sudden, it was due to the spread of a new tradition alongside the old rather than a wave of change regarding burial rites. Cremation spread early (c. 250–400 cal AD) in the northern part of the region and was an established practice alongside inhumation. The practice of cremation probably became prevalent earlier in Southeastern Lithuania. These processes are synchronous with the emergence of the horizon of the burials of chieftains and warriors in Eastern Lithuania, but the determination of an earlier date for this horizon provides grounds for new discussions about its historical, cultural, and social background. Keywords: radiocarbon dating, East Lithuanian barrows, burial customs, inhumation, cremation.

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Human diet in Lithuania during the Late Roman and Migration periods ( ca. 200–700 AD) based on stable carbon and nitrogen isotope data

Simčenka,

Kurila,

Kozakaitė

et al. 2023

Archaeologia Baltica

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In this study, 71 human individuals were subjected to stable carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotope analysis of bone collagen samples for the purpose of determining human dietary patterns in Lithuania during the Late Roman and Migration periods. More specifically, based on the isotopic data, the aim was to determine and evaluate any potential dietary differences between individuals on the basis of their sex, age, social status and place of residence during the periods in question. The results of this study suggest that there were isotopically clearly distinguishable dietary differences between individuals from different parts/regions of Lithuania. Also, statistically significant dietary differences (on the basis of δ15N values) between males and females were observed (although, when making the same sex-based isotopic comparisons at an individual site level, the same result was observed only among those from Marvelė cemetery). However, no statistically significant isotopic differences were detected between different social or age groups. Overall, these results give us one of the first glimpses into the types of dietary habits practiced by people in various parts of Lithuania during the Roman and Migration periods, which could also serve as a good starting point for future investigations into other dietary aspects in the territories and periods in question that still remain unknown.

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Armed People of East and Southeast Lithuania in the Geocultural Context of the Migration Period

Cited by 6 publications

References 3 publications

New Human Bone Radiocarbon Dates From the Roman Period–migration Period Lithuanian Cemeteries

New Human Bone Radiocarbon Dates From the Roman Period–migration Period Lithuanian Cemeteries

Mirusiųjų deginimo papročio plitimas rytų Lietuvoje: naujas chronologinis modelis, paremtas radiokarboninio datavimo duomenimis

Human diet in Lithuania during the Late Roman and Migration periods ( ca. 200–700 AD) based on stable carbon and nitrogen isotope data

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