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Bell Beaker culture

The Bell Beaker culture, also known as the Bell Beaker complex or Bell Beaker phenomenon, is an archaeological culture named after the inverted-bell beaker drinking vessel used at the beginning of the European Bronze Age, arising as early as 2800 BC. The term was first coined as Glockenbecher by German prehistorian Paul Reinecke, and the English…

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Genetics

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Extent and impact

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Dates
c. 2800–1800 BC 2800-2300 BC (Central Western Europe) 2450-1800 BC (Britain)
Followed by
Únětice culture, Bronze Age Britain, Wessex Culture, Nordic Bronze Age, Bronze Age France, Armorican Tumulus culture, Rhône culture, Bronze Age Ireland, Bronze Age Iberia, Argar…
Geographical range
Europe and Northwest Africa
Major sites
Castro of Zambujal, Portugal
Period
Chalcolithic – Early Bronze Age
Preceded by
Corded Ware culture, Funnelbeaker culture, Neolithic British Isles, Neolithic Ireland, Neolithic France, Chalcolithic Iberia, Veraza culture, Chalcolithic Italy, Baden culture,…

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related to Periphery · 39
Bell Beaker culture → Ancient Egypt, Balkan Bronze Age, BC, Bell Beaker, Bell Beaker-related, Bell-Beaker, Bronze Age Greece, Canary Islands, Central Eastern Europe, Central European, Cyprus, European Bronze Age, Fregel, Germany Bell Beaker, Gran Canaria, Guanche, Guanches, H4a1, I1, In
related to Greece · 34
Bell Beaker culture → According, Adriatic, Adriatic Cetina, Aegean, Alcalar, Atreus, BC, Bell Beaker, Bell Beaker-derived, Britain, Cetina, Close, Danube, Early Helladic II, El Romeral, Europe, Galaty, Greece, Heyd, Iberia
related to Iberia · 31
Bell Beaker culture → According, BC, Bell Beaker, Britain, Central Europe, Central European, Central European Bell Beaker, Copper Age Iberia, Europeans, G2, Germany Bell Beaker, I2, Iberia, Iberia Copper Age, Iberia's, Iberian, Iberian Bell Beaker, Iberian Bronze Age, Iberian Copper Age, Olalde
related to Expansion and Corded Ware contacts · 30
Bell Beaker culture → Alpine, Another, Armorica, BC, Bell Beaker, Brittany, Carpathian Basin, Csepel Island, France, Golfe, Gâtinais Valley, Here, Hungary, In, Italy, Lion, Loire, Lower Rhine, Maritime Bell Beakers, Mediterranean
related to British Isles · 27
Bell Beaker culture → Alps, Amesbury Archer, BC, Bell Beaker, Both, Britain, British Beaker-associated, Bronze Age Britain, Central Europe, Copper, Europe, European Beaker-associated, Europeans, In Britain, Neolithic, Neolithic Britain, Olalde, R1a, R1b, R1b-M269
related to Central Europe · 25
Bell Beaker culture → Albertfalva, BC, Bell Beaker, Bell Beakers, Carpathians, Central Europe, Central European, Corded Ware, DNA, Early Bronze Age, Eastern Group, Gordon Childe, Hungary, In, Late Copper Age, More, Müller, Neolithic, The, The Bell Beaker
related to Origins · 17
Bell Beaker culture → Africa, BC, Bell Beaker, Copoz, Europe, However, Iberia, Late Neolithic, Maritime, Maritime Bell Beaker, Morocco, Portugal, Tagus, The, The Bell Beaker, Their, Turek
related to Migration vs. acculturation · 4
Bell Beaker culture → Bell Beaker, Glockenbecher, Its, While Bell Beaker
Dates · 1
Bell Beaker culture → c. 2800–1800 BC 2800-2300 BC (Central Western Europe) 2450-1800 BC (Britain)
Followed by · 1
Bell Beaker culture → Únětice culture, Bronze Age Britain, Wessex Culture, Nordic Bronze Age, Bronze Age France, Armorican Tumulus culture, Rhône culture, Bronze Age Ireland, Bronze Age Iberia, Argar…

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beaker bell bc culture europe bronze found copper central age ireland early gold northern beakers period britain neolithic also pottery

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Bell Beaker cultureDatesc. 2800–1800 BC 2800-2300 BC (Central Western Europe) 2450-1800 BC (Britain)1.00infobox
Bell Beaker cultureFollowed byÚnětice culture, Bronze Age Britain, Wessex Culture, Nordic Bronze Age, Bronze Age France, Armorican Tumulus culture, Rhône culture, Bronze Age Ireland, Bronze Age Iberia, Argar…1.00infobox
Bell Beaker cultureGeographical rangeEurope and Northwest Africa1.00infobox
Bell Beaker cultureMajor sitesCastro of Zambujal, Portugal1.00infobox
Bell Beaker culturePeriodChalcolithic – Early Bronze Age1.00infobox
Bell Beaker culturePreceded byCorded Ware culture, Funnelbeaker culture, Neolithic British Isles, Neolithic Ireland, Neolithic France, Chalcolithic Iberia, Veraza culture, Chalcolithic Italy, Baden culture,…1.00infobox
Bell Beaker cultureis amain period when almost all the cemeteries in Southern Germany begin0.90text
the Vučedol cultureinstance ofthe Bell Beaker culture came in contact with communities0.80text
the polypod cupinstance ofBell Beaker people assimilated local pottery forms0.80text
those demonstrated by finds made along the seaways of Atlantic Europeinstance ofor trading links0.80text
the Latins from Romeinstance ofa local genetic profile shared with other neighboring populations0.80text
its environs despite the culturalinstance ofa local genetic profile shared with other neighboring populations0.80text

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