The article is devoted to the traditions and technological aspects of Bronze Age and Pre-Roman IronAge burial pottery in the eastern Baltic. Three types of cemeteries were investigated – flat cemeteries,barrows and stone ship settings. In total, pottery from 13 cemeteries was analysed macroscopically,microscopically and in context.

The results of the study show that funerary pottery had different meanings – urns, grave goods,and probably part of a general funerary rite not associated with specific graves. Urn burials followedthe main trends of inhumation and cremation burials and were placed in either stone structures orpits. Grave goods – cups and medium-sized pots - were found in inhumations and cremations, mainlyplaced in the head area of the deceased. The techno-stylistics of the vessels indicate that although theclay paste recipes were similar to those used for household vessels, the funerary pottery did not followthe general trends in shape and surface treatment of household vessels.

Analogies to some funerary pottery can be traced in the Sambian peninsula and Scandinavia.