Funnelbeaker culture

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The Funnelbeaker culture was a Neolithic archaeological culture in northern Europe, notable for its early farming communities and construction of large megalithic tombs.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Atlantic Neolithic culture 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological culture
alsoKnownAs TRB culture NERFINISHED
Trichterbecherkultur NERFINISHED
burialPractice dolmens
long barrows
megalithic tombs
passage graves
characteristicArtifact collared flasks
funnel-shaped pottery beakers
polished flint tools
stone axes
constructionType earthen long mounds
stone-built chambered tombs
domesticatedAnimal cattle
goats
pigs
sheep
domesticatedPlant barley
flax
peas
wheat
economy animal husbandry
cereal cultivation
hunting and gathering
mixed farming
followedBy Corded Ware culture NERFINISHED
material ceramic
flint
stone
namedAfter funnel-shaped beakers
notableSite Almhov megalithic cemetery NERFINISHED
Megalithic tombs of Denmark
Megalithic tombs of Schleswig-Holstein
period Neolithic
precededBy Ertebølle culture NERFINISHED
region Denmark NERFINISHED
Netherlands NERFINISHED
Northern Europe
Northern Germany NERFINISHED
Northern Jutland NERFINISHED
Poland NERFINISHED
Southern Scandinavia
Southern Sweden
religionAndBelief ancestor veneration (inferred)
ritual use of megalithic monuments (inferred)
socialOrganization early farming communities
segmentary societies
temporalRangeEnd c. 2700 BC
temporalRangeStart c. 4000 BC

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Hunebedden associatedWith Funnelbeaker culture
Orkney archaeological landscape associatedWith Funnelbeaker culture
this entity surface form: Atlantic Neolithic culture
Corded Ware culture precededBy Funnelbeaker culture