Format: Hardback
Pages: 302
ISBN: 9789088903281
Pub Date: 31 Jan 2017
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 50bw/15fc
Description:
The Corded Ware Culture (c. 2900–2300 BC) is found in a large area, from Russia to the Netherlands and from Scandinavia to Switzerland. Supra-regional elements include beakers decorated with cord and/or spatula imprints, battle-axes, and a funerary customs involving crouched inhumations under barrows with gender-specific placement of the body gender-specific funerary gifts.