Abstract
Rare finds of Comb Ware pottery vessels in the South-Eastern Baltic region (contemporary Kaliningrad region and North-Eastern Poland) were identified as early as the beginning of the XX century. Sometimes they were compared with materials from the Early or Late Neolithic periods. Unfortunately, most of the artifacts were lost during World War II. Currently, five Comb Ware culture sites have been identified in the Kaliningrad region, though ceramic materials from only three are available for study: Zedmar D (excavated in the 1970s), Pribrezhnoe (excavated in the XXI century), and Petricken (fragments of a preserved vessel from early XX century research). Analysis of their morphology, technology, and ornamentation – along with pre-war literature – suggests two distinct stages of habitation of the region by Comb Ware culture groups: Typical phase and the Late Comb ceramic one (IV–early III millennium BC). The southeastern Baltic represents the periphery of the Comb Ware cultural expansion, a trend also reflected in the pottery from the sub-Neolithic campsites in Poland.