This week we talk about the Mesolithic hunter gathers living in and around the Baltic coast and the rivers flowing into them as the area became more livable after climate change.

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This week we talk about the Michelsberg Culture as we end our discussions of Neolithic central Europe for this season. Now I know some of you will ask, "Hey what about the Funnelbeaker culture?" Well after diving into it and reading my notes I feel like discussion of them makes much more sense thematically next season. I meant to explain this in the episode but I forgot to mention it. I'll give a bit more detail on this next episode.

We also cover several hunter gatherer groups in Scandinavia and how the change in the climate and interactions with peoples in the Balkans led to changes in their lifestyle. Also sometime between the 29-30 minute mark I said Balkans twice when I meant the Baltic. My bad.

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This week we tackle several of the cultures that emerged from the Linear Pottery Culture including the Lengyel, Rossen, and Stroke Ornamented Ware culture. Primarily focusing on the different paths of development each took from the old LBK in different aspects of their culture including pottery, burial, and tools.

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Happy New Year! We are back and covering the neolithic Cerny culture, the Carnac stones, and the Chasséen culture. This includes the emergence of barrow tombs, menhir, and dolmins.

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This week I return to the Linear Pottery Culture or the LBK for short. This week we go over some of the finer details of their longhouses and settlements. We about what can be gleaned about their internal social organization. We then move on to what led to the culture's final collapse.

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This week we talk about the neolithic peoples of Southern France and Iberia after the Cardial Ware culture declined. This includes several unclassified peoples as well as areas of Switzerland and North West Italy. We go over their trade links and economy. We also cover the spread in Southern Iberia of the La Almagra pottery to the rest of the peninsula and the emergence of Dolmen Tombs in Europe.

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This week we talk about the Neolithic cultures of central Italy and their pottery, including Catignano and Ripoli and how one grew out of and replaced the other. We also discuss the Square Mouth Vase culture of northern Italy as well as the earliest use of Cinnabar in the Western Mediterranean.

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This week I finish up Sicily by talking about the island of Pantelleria and the chain known as the Aegadian. We then turn to the south of the Italian Peninsula to discuss the emergence of the Capri-Lipari-Scaloria Alta, Scaloria Bassa, Serra d'Alto, and Passo di Corvo. We go over their pottery and pottery while also briefly touching on the further expansion of agriculture and animal husbandry. We also cover two neolithic cultures of Sardinia the Grotta Verde and Filiestru.

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