Video 7 Examples of 2 4th millennium BC Neolithic Cultures Flashcards
Who built the megalithic tombs of the Hunebeds?
The TRB
What culture built huge settlements, housing thousands of people?
Tripolye-Cucuteni culture
TRB culture full name
Trichterbecherk culture, Funnel Beaker Culture
What did the TRB develop from?
Contacts between hunters and farmers in the north zone of Europe
During what phase of Neolithisation did the TRB develop?
Third
Where was the TRB culture?
North of Netherlands, South of Scandinavia, Poland
TRB culture pottery
Sometimes funnel-like tops
When was the TRB culture?
3800-2800 BCE
Where did the TRB culture emerge?
Scandinavia
What were Hunebedden originally used for
Burials dozens of remains
TRB settlements
Small, two-aisled houses. Settlement consisted of one or two of them
Two important new inventions when the TRB existed
- The wheel
2. Plough
When did the wheel appear in Europe?
3300 BCE
Why is it possible that the wheel was independently invented by European communities?
It appeared around the same time in Europe and the Near East
What does the invention of the wheel imply
Infrastructure
Why was the invention of the plough important?
Now possible to better mix soil and plant seeds on soils that er not that fertile
Where was the Tripolye-Cucuteni culture
East Romania, Moldavia, Ukraine
What was special about the Tripolye-Cucuteni culture?
People of this culture sometimes lived in extraordinary large settlements
How big were some Tripolye-Cucuteni settlements?
Some consisted of hundreds, and in a few cases thousands, of houses
What is the Tripolye-Cucuteni site, Talianki, estimated to have been able to house?
20,000 people
To what culture does the site Talianki belong to?
The Tripolye-Cucuteni culture
From when is Talianki?
c. 3400 BCE
When do the huge settlement disappear from prehistoric Europe?
3rd millennium BCE
