Article ID: CBB001422023

New Research at Riņņukalns, a Neolithic Freshwater Shell Midden in Northern Latvia (2014)

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The prehistoric shell middens of Atlantic Europe consist of marine molluscs, but the eastern Baltic did not have exploitable marine species. Here the sole recorded shell midden, at Ri ukalns in Latvia, is on an inland lake and is formed of massive dumps of freshwater shells. Recent excavations indicate that they are the product of a small number of seasonal events during the later fourth millennium BC. The thickness of the shell deposits suggests that this was a special multi-purpose residential site visited for seasonal aggregations by pottery-using hunter-gatherer communities on the northern margin of Neolithic Europe.

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Authors & Contributors
Madella, Marco
Luna, Kathryn M. de
Bickle, Penny
Whittle, Alasdair W. R.
Shea, John J.
Sato, Hiroyuki
Concepts
Anthropology, prehistoric
Agriculture
Archaeology
Food and foods
India, civilization and culture
Plants
Time Periods
Prehistory
Ancient
Neolithic period
Stone age
Bronze age
20th century, early
Places
India
Pakistan
Middle and Near East
South Asia
Europe
Philippines
Institutions
Geological Survey (U.S.)
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