Farming peculiarities in the Pamariai (the Baltic Coastal) culture society

According to the latest archeological research data, the Pamariai (the Baltic Coastal) culture formed in the second half of the middle Neolithic; its formation and development were strongly predetermined by the following cultures: the Funnel Beaker culture, the Globular Amphora culture, the Corded Ware culture, and some others. The Baltic Coastal culture can be traced back to 3350-2000 BC in time and to a narrow Baltic seaside southeastern region in place. Hunting, fishing as well as amber picking were the basis for the economic development in the early Baltic Coastal culture. The local inhabitants hunted seals, elks and wild boars. However, the most important activity within the community of the Baltic Coastal culture was amber picking, its processing and exchange. As the people of this culture maintained close relationship with the inhabitants of the Funnel Beaker culture and those of the Globular Amphora culture, they changed amber for grain and cattle. Thus, the Curonian tribes did not develop their own economy; they provided themselves with grain and cattle for seal fat, fish, or amber. Huge dishes found in their former settlements serve as an evidence. Nevertheless, it should be mentioned that the inhabitants of the continental part of the Baltic coast started developing their own economy at that time. In the later period of the development of the Baltic Coastal culture its influence on the neighbouring communities (especially the Narva culture) expanded. The inhabitants of the Baltic Coastal culture started grain growing and cattle breeding in addition to amber trade. Thus, the Baltic Coastal culture in the late Neolithic became a mediator between the Neolithic communities, such as the Globular Amphora culture (an agrarian economy) and the Narva and Comb-Market Pottery cultures (a forest economy)