Stone and bronze age sites on the right bank of the Neman River near Stoŭbcy (according to investigations of 2012–2014)

Authors

  • Vitali U. Asheichyk Institute of History, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 1 Akademičnaja Street, Minsk 220072, Belarus
  • Aliaksandra U. Vaitovich Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus
  • Ivan L. Prystauka Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

Keywords:

Stone Age, Bronze Age, archaeological sites, flint artefacts, pottery, Neman River, Western Belarus
Supporting Agencies
We are sincerely grateful to students of Faculty of History, Belarusian State University, who par ticipated in the fieldwork, as well as to A. M. Vashanau, U. V. Hryb, A. Y. Tkachou for drawings of some artefacts. We thank A. Y. Tkachou also for his help in pottery attribution.

Abstract

The article presents preliminary results of the archaeological surveys conducted by the authors on the right bank of the Neman River near Stoŭbcy, Minsk Region, Belarus in 2012-2014. Thirteen archaeological sites have been investigated; three of them are newly discovered. Analysis of artefacts obtained in the course of surface collection and test pitting allows determining more precisely relative chronology of some sites as well as elaborating of an actual conception on cultural processes in the region during the prehistory. The authors make a conclusion that the part of the Neman River valley near Stoŭbcy was settled continuously and intensively during the whole prehistoric period, from the Final Palaeolithic till the Bronze and Iron Ages.

Author Biographies

  • Vitali U. Asheichyk, Institute of History, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 1 Akademičnaja Street, Minsk 220072, Belarus

    researcher at the department of conservation and use of the archaeological heritage

  • Aliaksandra U. Vaitovich, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

    PhD (archaeology); associate professor at the department of archaeology and special historical disciplines, faculty of history

  • Ivan L. Prystauka, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

    master's degree student at the department of archaeology and special historical disciplines, faculty of history

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2018-04-27

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No. 2 (2018): Journal of the Belarusian State University. History

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Archaeology

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Asheichyk, V.U. et al. 2018. Stone and bronze age sites on the right bank of the Neman River near Stoŭbcy (according to investigations of 2012–2014). Journal of the Belarusian State University. History. 2 (Apr. 2018), 118–129.