Mesolithic Baltic Amber Trade Routes (c. 9000–2000 BCE)

1. Baltic coast reshaped after last Ice Age

   Jan 1, 9000 BCELabels: Baltic Sea, Postglacial coastline

   • Britannica
   • Britannica

2. Kunda culture spreads across the eastern Baltic

   Jan 1, 8500 BCELabels: Kunda culture, Eastern Baltic

   • Kunda
   • Britannica

3. Amber ornaments become part of Stone Age identity

   Jan 1, 7000 BCELabels: Amber ornaments, Stone Age

   • LNVM
   • Britannica

4. Zvejnieki cemetery shows long-term amber use

   Jan 1, 7000 BCELabels: Zvejnieki cemetery, Latvia

   • Zvejnieki
   • JASR

5. Ertebølle communities craft amber animal figures

   Jan 1, 5400 BCELabels: Erteb lle, Amber figures

   • Erteb lle
   • LNVM

6. Pottery-era Narva networks support wider exchange

   Jan 1, 5200 BCELabels: Narva culture, Pottery era

   • Kunda
   • LNVM

7. Amber-heavy burials highlight wealth and connections

   Jan 1, 4500 BCELabels: Zvejnieki double, Wealth indicators

   • Antiquity
   • Zvejnieki

8. Funnelbeaker era increases regional amber movement

   Jan 1, 4000 BCELabels: Funnelbeaker culture, North-central Europe

   • SciRep
   • TRB

9. Baltic amber reaches western Mediterranean by Late Neolithic

   Jan 1, 3600 BCELabels: Baltic succinite, Iberia burial

   • SciRep

10. Specialized amber workshops emerge near Gulf of Gdańsk

    Jan 1, 3000 BCELabels: Gulf of, Amber workshops

    • JASR
    • SciRep

11. Juodkrantė finds show large-scale Neolithic amber working

    Jan 1, 3000 BCELabels: Juodkrant finds, Curonian Lagoon

    • Arts Culture
    • VisitNeringa

12. Bronze Age networks shift amber trade into new systems

    Jan 1, 2000 BCELabels: Bronze Age, Pan-European trade

    • WHE
    • SciRep