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Geographical range | Europe |
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Period | Mesolithic, Para-Neolithic |
Dates | c. 5100 BC – c. 2000 BC |
Preceded by | Janisławice culture, Oder Final Mesolithic, Narva culture, Kunda culture, Zedmar culture |
Followed by | Funnelbeaker culture, Globular Amphora culture, Corded Ware culture, Rzucewo culture, Mierzanowice culture, Trzciniec culture |
The archaeological Neman culture (German: Memel-Kultur) existed from about 5100[1] to the 3rd millennium BC,[2] starting in the Mesolithic and continued into the middle Neolithic. It was located in the upper basin of the Neman River (present-day northern Poland, southern Lithuania, western Belarus and Kaliningrad Oblast). In the north, the Neman culture bordered the Kunda culture during the Mesolithic and the Narva culture during the Neolithic.