Identification

Community Structure

Instigation of War

Eschatology

Bibliographies in Sources

Collecting

Hunting and Trapping

Diet

Fauna

Flora

Domesticated Animals

Chronologies and Culture Sequences

Cultural Participation

Burial Practices and Funerals

Prayers and Sacrifices

Topography and Geology

Dwellings

Outbuildings

Status, Role, and Prestige

Nuclear Family

Mineral Resources

Diagnostic Material Attributes

Internal Trade

External Trade

Accumulation of Wealth

Military Organization

Military Installations

Organization and Analysis of Results

Division of Labor by Gender

Occupational Specialization

Gender Status

Settlement Patterns

Animal by-Products

Woven and Other Interworked Fabrics

Ornament

Processing of Basic Materials

Smiths and Their Crafts

Weapons

Ceramic Technology

Utensils

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Visual Arts

Tillage

Production and Supply

Reviews and Critiques

Metallurgy

Climate

Location

Comparative Evidence

TRADITION SUMMARY: BELL BEAKER

ORIENTATION

ENVIRONMENT

SETTLEMENTS

ECONOMY

SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION

RELIGION AND EXPRESSIVE CULTURE

SYNOPSIS

INDEXING NOTES

ALTERNATIVE NAMES

ABSOLUTE TIME PERIOD

RELATIVE TIME PERIOD

LOCATION

DIAGNOSTIC MATERIAL ATTRIBUTES

IMPORTANT SITES

CLIMATE

TOPOGRAPHY

GEOLOGY

BIOTA

SETTLEMENT SYSTEM

HOUSING

SUBSISTENCE

WILD FOODS

DOMESTIC FOODS

INDUSTRIAL ARTS

UTENSILS

ORNAMENTS

TRADE

DIVISION OF LABOR

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION

CONFLICT

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

ARTS

DEATH AND AFTERLIFE

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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The Bell Beaker Tradition occurred in the temperate areas of Western Europe between 4500 and 3800 BP (2500-1800 BC). The Bell Beaker people practiced a sedentary agriculture supplemented by animal husbandry and lived in small villages grouped into chiefdoms. Diagnostic artifacts include bell-shaped ceramic beakers decorated with stamped horizontal bands, copper knives, flint arrowheads with barbs and tangs, and polished stone wristguards.

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