neolithic

Interpretations at Hunebedcentrum (Borger, NL) of life with the neolithic (new stone age) Funnelbeaker culture, responsible for building megalithic grave monuments "hunebedden" (dolmen).

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In 2021 we remade photo's from 2017, because recent DNA research showed that these photos were not accurate. Traits like blond hair, blue eyes and light skin only appeared after what looks like a big migration that replaced the neolithic people from the Funnelbeakerculture. DNA from the Funnelbeaker people shows a direct lineage to the first farmers from the region of Anatolia in southern Turkey. These people most likely had dark features, dark hair, dark eyes and a dark olive skintone.
During the stone age, the semi nomadic life of the hunter gathered was gradually abandoned for life in permanent dwellings. In the north-eastern parts of the…
The Hunebedbuilders most likely drank beer. This picture shows the process of mashing. Malted grains seeped in water are heated by hot stones. This releases…
The Funnelbeaker people were the first farmers in this region of the Netherlands. That did not mean that they completely stopped hunting and gathering. The…
Much of what we have from the Funnelbeakers material culture, is from what was deposited in bogs. A wide range of objects are found in the peat, the soil that…
Though we do not know anything about the belief system of the Hunebedbuilders, we do know that the impressive Hunebedden (dolmen) were made to burry people in.…
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