Published: 2024-12-31

Main strategies of the food economy of communities of the so-called Lusatian culture in the Odra and Vistula river basins – summary of the current state of knowledge

Joanna Urban
Archeologia Polski
Section: Studies
DOI https://doi.org/10.23858/APol69.2024.004

Abstract

The article concerns the food economy of the community of the so-called Lusatian culture inhabiting the territories of present-day Poland from the Middle Bronze Age to the end of the Early Iron Age (around 1300–300 BC). The methods of providing food used by humans in this period are presented. It was found that the most important role was fulfilled by land cultivation and animal husbandry. Gathering and hunting, together with fishing, also occupied a significant place in the food acquisition cycle. These activities did not only supplement food shortages, but in certain situations their role could have become dominant.

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Lusatian culture, Bronze Age, Early Iron Age, Hallstatt period, cultivation, animal husbandry, gathering, hunting, fishing

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Urban, J. (2024). Main strategies of the food economy of communities of the so-called Lusatian culture in the Odra and Vistula river basins – summary of the current state of knowledge. Archeologia Polski, 69, 69–124. https://doi.org/10.23858/APol69.2024.004

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