[HTML][HTML] The genetic prehistory of the Baltic Sea region

…, M Feldman, C Economou, M Oinonen, A Vasks… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
While the series of events that shaped the transition between foraging societies and food
producers are well described for Central and Southern Europe, genetic evidence from Northern …

New data on funeral customs and burials of the Bronze age Reznes cemetery in Latvia

A Vasks, G Zariņa, D Legzdiņa, E Plankājs - Estonian Journal of …, 2021 - ceeol.com
The Bronze Age barrow cemetery in Reznes was located on the right bank of the River
Daugava on a paleoisland. In total, eight barrows have been recorded in the cemetery. …

Re-evaluating the Bronze and Earliest Iron Age in Latvia: changes in burial traditions in the light of 14C dates

D Legzdiņa, A Vasks, E Plankājs, G Zariņa - Radiocarbon, 2020 - cambridge.org
Until recently, there was a lack of radiocarbon (14C) dates from the Bronze and Earliest Iron
Age (1800–500–1 BC) burial sites in Latvia. The chronology of the sites was assessed on …

Stones, bones, and hillfort: Radiocarbon dating of Ķivutkalns bronze-working center

M Oinonen, A Vasks, G Zarina, M Lavento - Radiocarbon, 2013 - cambridge.org
The Bronze Age site of ķivutkalns with its massive amount of archaeological artifacts and
human remains is considered the largest bronze-working center in Latvia. The site is a unique …

[PDF][PDF] LATVIA AS PART OF A SPHERE OF CONTACTS IN THE BRONZE AGE.

A Vasks - Archaeologia Baltica, 2010 - patogupirkti.lt
This paper discusses Bronze Age exchange contacts in Latvia. Changes in the directions of
contacts and the nature of the exchange are investigated, looking back at the Neolithic for …

The genetic history of northern Europe

…, M Feldman, C Economou, M Oinonen, A Vasks… - BioRxIV, 2017 - biorxiv.org
Recent ancient DNA studies have revealed that the genetic history of modern Europeans
was shaped by a series of migration and admixture events between deeply diverged groups. …

Pollen and plant macroremain analyses for the reconstruction of environmental changes in the Early Metal Period

L Kalnina, A Cerina, A Vasks - Impact of the environment on human …, 2005 - Springer
A sharp increase in human population density and the same time fundamental changes in
the location of settlement, moving away from earlier inhabited places points to significant …

The symbolism of stone work-axes (based on material from the Daugava basin)

A Vasks - Archaeologia Lituana, 2003 - zurnalai.vu.lt
The simple stone axes called'work-axes' represent one of the most characteristic artefact
categories of the Early Metal Period. These have been found in settlement site excavations and …

Krievu kalns hill-fort: new data on the Late Bronze Age and Pre-roman Iron Age in western Latvia

A Vasks, V Visocka, L Daugnora, A Ceriņa… - Archaeologia Baltica., 2019 - vb.ku.lt
[eng] The article examines the results of the 2012 and 2013 archaeological excavations of
Skrundas Krievu kalns hill-fort, situated in western Latvia. Krievu kalns was listed as a site in …

The Kalnazīverti pectoral ornament: archaeology and folklore

A Vasks - Archaeologia Lituana, 2006 - zurnalai.vu.lt
From time to time, finds are made, in the course of archaeological excavation or as chance
discoveries, that surprise researchers by their unusual form or by else by some particular …