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Archaeological culture

The Kunda culture, which originated from the Swiderian culture, comprised Mesolithichunter-gatherer communities of the Baltic forest zone extending eastwards through Latvia into northern Russia, dating to the period 8500–5000 BC according to calibrated radiocarbon dating.

It is named after the Estonian town of Kunda, about 110 kilometres (70 mi) east of Tallinn along the Gulf of Finland, near where the first extensively studied settlement was discovered on Lammasmäe Hill and in the surrounding peat bog.^[1] The oldest known settlement of the Kunda culture in Estonia is Pulli.

The Kunda culture was succeeded by the Narva culture, who used pottery and showed some traces of food production.

Culture

Most Kunda settlements are located near the edge of the forests beside rivers, lakes, or marshes.

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Elk were extensively hunted, perhaps helped by trained domestic hunting-dogs. On the coast seal hunting is represented. Pike and o