Towards a better understanding of the economy and culture of the Late Bronze Age in the southeastern Baltic: Tarbiškės settlements

In 2020, rescue excavations due to construction of a pipeline connecting Poland and Lithuania took place at the Bronze Age sites Tarbiškės 1 2, eastern Lithuania, both dated 1050–900 cal BC. They revealed rather homogeneous archaeological assemblage which fills gap in development culture economy southeastern Baltic. Ware, from typological as well chronological point view, stands an intermediate position linking Trzciniec pottery with Žalioji Early Striated Wares. Macrobotanical analysis charred plant remains that people cultivated Panicum miliaceum, Hordeum vulgare Triticum sp. The demonstrate early farmers used settle areas higher elevations sandy soils, further large bodies water. flint other stone tools widely lacked bronze. is first only ancient settlement discovered workshop for on-site manufacturing polished axes drilled holes.