Anthropogenic transformation of landscapes in the south-eastern Baltic region during Prehistory

Regional palaeoenvironmental and archaeological data have been analysed and summarised, and a picture of the early anthropogenic impact on the landscapes of south-eastern Baltic territory during the Stone Age has been drawn up. Palaeogeographical (Kamyshovoe Lake, Chistoe Lake, Kozje Bog) and archaeological data (the Zedmar culture and the Corded Ware culture) have been considered through the light of the latest published re-sults of palaeogenetic research available for the region. Three stages with increasing intensity of economic activity, differing in the degree of landscape transformation and types of anthropogenic impact, were identified. It has been es-tablished that, starting from 5200 cal yr BP, farming probably took a permanent place in the subsistence strategy of the ancient population of the south-eastern Baltic, and its role in the transformation of the natural environment increased.