Analysis of late mid-Neolithic pottery illuminates the presenceof a Corded Ware Culture on the Baltic Island of Gotland

In this paper, we discuss variations seen in the ornamentation and modes of manufacturing pottery from the end of the mid-Neolithic 4600–4300 BP on the Island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea. The Pitted Ware cultural groups have been discussed as a western influence from the Swedish mainland, but the aDNA on skeletal remains point to eastern influences. We analyse and discuss pottery from the well-investigated Ajvide Pitted Ware site and what these variations mean in term of intra- and inter-island relationships, ethnicity and change, and we suggest the development of what could be described as a hybrid culture.V članku predstavljamo razlike v ornamentih in izdelavi lončenine s konca srednjega neolitika, 4600–4300 BP na otoku Gotland na Baltskem morju. Kulturne skupine jamičaste keramike so bile tu interpretirane kot zahodni vpliv s celinske Švedske, vendar stara DNK v neolitskih človeških kostnih ostankih kaže na vzhodne vplive. Analiziramo lončenino z dobro raziskanega najdišča jamičaste keramike Ajvide in pojasnjujemo, kaj te razlike pomenijo na otoku in med otoki, kako so povezane s populacijskimi premenami in kulture opišemo kot hibridne