Dnepr-Dvina culture
The Dnepr-Dvina culture (English also Plain Pottery culture , Russian днепро-двинская культура ) is an archaeological culture of the Iron Age , from the 8th century BC. BC to the 4th century AD. It is associated with East Baltic tribes ( Dnepr-Balten ).
Dispersion area
Objects of the Dnepr-Dvina culture were found on the upper reaches of the Dnieper and on the upper Western Dvina in the Kaluga , Pskov , Tver and Smolensk Oblasts in Russia , and the Vitebsk and Mahiljou Oblasts in Belarus .
It is closely related to the East Baltic line ceramic culture in today's Lithuania .
Settlements
Settlements were built on rivers and lakes and were fenced off by wooden palisades and earth walls.
economy
Arable farming with fire, cattle breeding (cattle) and hunting (wild boar) were characteristic.
In contrast to neighboring cultures, stone axes were still used. Common material was bones (arrowheads, harpoons, flutes, etc.). Obviously, bronze was not produced in-house and only rarely used (jewelry). The ceramic was undecorated.
Burial forms
No burial sites have been found so far.
Subsequent crops
From the 4th century onwards, it became part of the Tuschemlja culture in the west, followed by the Moschtschiny culture in the east .
literature
- EA Schmidt: Dnepro-dwinskije plemena (VIII w. Do ne - III wne) ( Dnepr-Dvina tribes (8th century BC - 3rd century CE) in: Plemena werchowjew Dnepra do obrasowanija drewnerusskogo gosudarstwa ( tribes on the upper Dnepr until the formation of the old Russian state ), Moscow 1982, pp. 207ff.