Bell Beaker culture

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The Bell Beaker culture was a widespread Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age archaeological culture in Western and Central Europe, notable for its distinctive bell-shaped pottery, metallurgy, and role in major prehistoric population and cultural transformations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological culture
alsoKnownAs Beaker culture
linked to: Bell Beaker culture

Bell-Beaker culture
linked to: Bell Beaker culture
associatedWith emergence of new social hierarchies
expansion of steppe-related ancestry in Western Europe
genetic turnover in parts of Western and Central Europe
long-distance exchange networks
major prehistoric population movements in Europe
spread of metallurgy in Western and Central Europe
burialCustom gender-differentiated body positions
grave goods including beakers and weapons
single inhumation under small barrows
chronologicallyFollows Corded Ware culture in some regions
chronologicallyPrecedes Early Bronze Age Urnfield-related cultures
coreArtifact archer’s wrist-guards
bell-shaped drinking vessels
copper knives
daggers
ornamental buttons
discoveredBy 19th-century archaeologists in Europe
economicBase animal husbandry
hunting and gathering as supplement
mixed farming
endTime c. 1800 BCE
foundInCountry Austria
Czech Republic
France
Germany
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Spain
Switzerland
United Kingdom
hasCharacteristic V-perforated bone buttons
archery equipment in graves
association with prestige goods
association with warrior ideology
barbed and tanged arrowheads
bell-shaped pottery vessels
cord-impressed decoration on pottery
early bronze metallurgy
individual burials
regional variability in material culture
standardized beaker forms across wide areas
stone wrist-guards
use of copper
use of gold ornaments in some regions
hasSubculture Central European Bell Beaker group
linked to: Bell Beaker culture

Maritime Bell Beaker complex
linked to: Bell Beaker culture

Rhineland Bell Beaker group
linked to: Bell Beaker culture
influenced Early Bronze Age cultures in Western Europe
Wessex culture
Únětice culture
linked to: Urnfield culture
languageStatus prehistoric; language(s) unknown
mainRegion Atlantic Europe
British Isles
Central Europe
Iberian Peninsula
Lower Rhine region
North Italy
linked to: Northern Italy

Western Europe
namedAfter bell-shaped beakers
notableSite Amesbury Archer burial
Iberian Bell Beaker cemeteries
Saxon-Anhalt Bell Beaker cemeteries
linked to: Bell Beaker culture

Stonehenge region Bell Beaker burials
overlapsWith Corded Ware culture
Yamnaya-derived populations in Europe
potteryType All-over-cord beakers
All-over-ornamented beakers
Maritime beakers
incised and stamped decorated beakers
researchField European prehistory
archaeology of Europe
startTime c. 2800 BCE
temporalLocation Chalcolithic
Early Bronze Age
Late Neolithic
toolMaterial bone
copper
flint
gold
stone

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Yamnaya culture influenced Bell Beaker culture
Corded Ware culture followedBy Bell Beaker culture
Corded Ware culture influenced Bell Beaker culture
Bonnanaro culture follows Beaker culture
linked to: Bell Beaker culture
Bonnanaro culture hasCulturalInfluence Bell Beaker culture
Neolithic Europe hasKeyCulture Bell Beaker culture (late and transitional)
linked to: Bell Beaker culture
Bell Beaker culture alsoKnownAs Beaker culture
linked to: Bell Beaker culture
Bell Beaker culture alsoKnownAs Bell-Beaker culture
linked to: Bell Beaker culture
Bell Beaker culture hasSubculture Maritime Bell Beaker complex
linked to: Bell Beaker culture
Bell Beaker culture hasSubculture Rhineland Bell Beaker group
linked to: Bell Beaker culture
Bell Beaker culture hasSubculture Central European Bell Beaker group
linked to: Bell Beaker culture
Bell Beaker culture notableSite Saxon-Anhalt Bell Beaker cemeteries
linked to: Bell Beaker culture