Back Kunda mədəniyyəti Azerbaijani Кундская культура Byelorussian Кундзкая культура BE-X-OLD Kundska kultura BS Cultura de Kunda Catalan Kundská kultura Czech Kundakultur Danish Kunda-Kultur German Cultura de Kunda Spanish Kunda kultuur Estonian
| Geographical range | Europe |
|---|---|
| Period | Mesolithic Europe |
| Dates | c. 8500– c. 5000 BC |
| Type site | Kunda, Estonia |
| Major sites | Pulli settlement |
| Preceded by | Swiderian culture |
| Followed by | Narva culture |
| The Mesolithic |
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| ↑ Upper Paleolithic |
| ↓ Neolithic |
The Kunda culture, which originated from the Swiderian culture, comprised Mesolithic hunter-gatherer communities of the Baltic forest zone extending eastwards through Latvia into northern Russia, dating to the period 8500–5000 BC according to calibrated radiocarbon dating. It is named after the Estonian town of Kunda, about 110 kilometres (70 mi) east of Tallinn along the Gulf of Finland, near where the first extensively studied settlement was discovered on Lammasmäe Hill and in the surrounding peat bog.[1] The oldest known settlement of the Kunda culture in Estonia is Pulli. The Kunda culture was succeeded by the Narva culture, who used pottery and showed some traces of food production.
- ^ Shaw, Ian; Jameson, Robert, eds. (1999). A Dictionary of Archaeology. Blackwell Publishing. p. 346. ISBN 0-631-23583-3.