New research at Rinnukalns, a Neolithic freshwater shell midden in northern Latvia

Antiquity

Volumn 88, Issue 341, 2014, Pages 715-732

  Berzins, Valdis ^a   Brinker, Ute ^b   Klein, Christina ^c   Lübke, Harald ^d   Meadows, John ^d   Rudzite, Mudite ^a   Schmölcke, Ulrich ^d   Stümpel, Harald ^c   Zagorska, Ilga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^b State Authority for Culture and Preservation of Monuments Mecklenburg Vorpommern   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d Archaeozoological Research Unit   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eastern Baltic; Freshwater mussel; Latvia; Middle Neolithic; Shell midden; Typical Comb Ware; Unio

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907579657     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X0005064X     Document Type: Article

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