Bell beakerware was the first cultural artefact to spread across Europe. Gallay, a, And Houot, a, 2006. Des Alpes Au Léman: Images De La Préhistoire.
Posted on 04/23/2019 10:55:29 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
In France, the Bell Beaker period lasted from around 2500 to 1800 BCE...
But ceramics from as far back as the middle Neolithic -- around 5500 BCE -- and as recently as the Iron Age -- around 1000 BCE -- have also been found at the site...
James and colleagues date a further eight individuals, using teeth from seven adults and one child.
[Six of the teeth were from the Bell Beaker period, but one was much older -- dating to between 3650 and 3522 BCE -- and one much younger -- from 1277 to 1121 BCE...
It's not known how the Bell Beaker culture spread through Europe. Possible drivers are migration, trade or the transmission of technological know-how. The burial mound findings add to the picture, but do not necessarily make it clearer.
By analysing isotopes of strontium, carbon, nitrogen and oxygen in teeth, James and her colleagues were able to paint a picture of the childhood diet of the individuals...
Carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios in eight teeth point to a terrestrial diet lacking in seafood, despite the site being within walking distance of the Gironde Estuary and the Atlantic Ocean.
Teeth from 18 adults and seven children were analysed for strontium isotopes, and oxygen isotope analysis was conducted on 15 of these -- 14 adults and one child.
All bar one adult appeared to have grown up locally, as the signature of strontium and oxygen values for the teeth matched those from local soil and animal samples...
Places in Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic and Hungary have recorded almost two-thirds of individuals from outside the local area.
(Excerpt) Read more at cosmosmagazine.com ...
Bell beakerware was the first cultural artefact to spread across Europe. Gallay, a, And Houot, a, 2006. Des Alpes Au Léman: Images De La Préhistoire.
Curses be upon anyone who disturbs my burial site. And leave my teeth alone.
Lol!
Ironically, he was a prehistoric dentist.
Thanks! I've found it keeps the trash out of the topic.
A relic? Perhaps. But is he a Bell Beaker?
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