Neman culture

Neman culture

Geographical range	Europe
Period	Mesolithic, Para-Neolithic
Dates	c. 5100 BC – c. 2000 BC
Preceded by	Janisławice culture, Oder Final Mesolithic, Narva culture, Kunda culture, Zedmar culture
Followed by	Funnelbeaker culture, Globular Amphora culture, Corded Ware culture, Rzucewo culture, Mierzanowice culture, Trzciniec culture

The archaeological Neman culture (German: Memel-Kultur) existed from about 5100^[1] to the 3rd millennium BC,^[2] starting in the Mesolithic and continued into the middle Neolithic. It was located in the upper basin of the Neman River (present-day northern Poland, southern Lithuania, western Belarus and Kaliningrad Oblast). In the north, the Neman culture bordered the Kunda culture during the Mesolithic and the Narva culture during the Neolithic.