MMW 11 Chapter Notes - Chapter Neolithic Europe, Bronze Age: Urnfield Culture, Linear Pottery Culture, Bronze Age Europe
8 Oct 2016
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Culture in central ~5600 bc: several centuries later, farming spread into north-west europe. In western europe, neolithic monuments (stone circles) have endured: first one developed around 4300 bc, have been used as a communal burial ground, probably built by small-scale, kinship based communities. Some bigger ones seem to have been built by chiefdoms. By ~2500 bc burial customs showed social status. Unetice culture was the earliest to use bronze in europe (2500 bc: came in greece, balkans, and italy around 2300 bc, spain and britain around 1800 bc, scandinavia around 1500 bc. Bronze accelerated development of hierarchical societies: social elites who were able to control the trade and manufacturing of metal goods rose to power -> established chiefdoms. Bronze crafting -> increase in long-distance trade: led to spread of ideas. Late bronze age, urnfield cultures took over central europe: named this for their distinct burial practices (used urns and barrows)
