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EPISODE · Sep 16, 2026 · 13 MIN

The Funnelbeaker Culture | Neolithic Farmers of Northern Europe

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The Funnelbeaker culture appear in my novel Thunderer: Gods of Bronze 2. In the story they're called the Furun but what were the real historical people like?(Get your free copy of the Bronze Age fantasy story Wolf God here: http://dandavisauthor.com/ ) This video series is called People of the Bronze Age so I should say before we get started that the Funnelbeaker were a Neolithic people but the end of their culture, which is when Thunderer takes place, coincides with the coming of the Bronze Age. European farmers reached the southern edge of the North European Plain, not far south of the Baltic coast, before 5000 BC but didn't reach northern Germany and southern Scandinavia until 1000 years later. So for a thousand years there was some interaction with groups of the Late Mesolithic Ertebølle Culture - a hunter gatherer people in this region during the 5th millennium BC which is shown by traded stone axes and other artefacts. Once it was thought that these northern hunter gathers gradually adopted farming over that thousand years but thanks to DNA analysis we know that's not the case. *Support the Channel*Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/dandavisauthorPayPal ➜ https://paypal.me/DanDavisAuthorKo-fi ➜ https://ko-fi.com/dandavis*My Books*Your FREE Bronze Age fantasy story the Wolf God ➜ http://dandavisauthor.com/Godborn: Gods of Bronze 1 ➜ https://amzn.to/3nm2au1All my books on Amazon ➜ https://amzn.to/3xngwz5*My Links*Website http://dandavisauthor.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dandavisauthor/Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanDavisWritesInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dandavisauthor/*Video Sources*The Horse, the Wheel, and Language - David Anthony ➜ https://amzn.to/3aD3RhuThe First Farmers of Europe An Evolutionary Perspective - Stephen Shennan ➜ https://amzn.to/2SsqcbwSticks, Stones, and Broken Bones Neolithic Violence in a European Perspective - Rick J. Schulting & Linda Fibiger ➜ https://amzn.to/3wvVXPA*Bronze Age Playlist*People of the Bronze Age Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GalZLoTeU74&list=PLUyGT3KDxwC8u4jG_tOjN-8-bsHxucUxnYamnaya ➜ https://youtu.be/GalZLoTeU74Corded Ware ➜ https://youtu.be/ecmeQT7R7rkFunnelbeaker ➜ https://youtu.be/iJYvhf0VVi0Pitted Ware ➜ https://youtu.be/_rspqObP2ygCucuteni-Trypilla ➜ https://youtu.be/Bk2Qbf1YQbIMaykop ➜ https://youtu.be/eyc9jxTPZ_U Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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