What linked the Bell Beakers in third millennium BC Europe?

Authors: Vander Linden, M.

Journal: Antiquity

Volume: 81

Issue: 312

Pages: 343-352

eISSN: 0003-598X

ISSN: 0003-598X

DOI: 10.1017/s0003598x00095223

Abstract:

In this important new review the author shows that neither trade nor migration can account for the distribution of Bell Beakers and the associated artefacts and burial practices in Europe. The materials were generally local and rooted in local know-how. However recent stable isotope results show small-scale population changes associated with the arrival of Beaker practice. The distribution of Bell Beakers could thus reflect the movement of marriage partners.

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