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).

The migrating reindeer, mainstay of the Paleolithic hunters, retreated to the North and were followed by forest animals.

[8] Pottery of the Neman culture had pointed bottoms and was made of clay mixed with organic matter or crushed quartzite.

[9] The rest of the vessel had diagonal stripes forming a pattern of a fishnet or more rows of small imprints.