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3900-1600BC

Stonehenge is important because it shows the impact of the neolithic transition in Atlantic Europe and the incorporation of the construction of monuments, typically megalithic slabs together with mounds, and banks of earth or rubble. Stonehenge is the most popular of these structures.

Source: Whittle, A. 1996. Europe in the Neolithic: The creation of new worlds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Graphic: http://goista.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Stonehenge-England.jpg

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2400BC

The beaker pottery has its significance because its an indicator of social and cultural changes taking place in across wide areas of Western Europe. Also it is associated with the spread of metallurgy and was showed evidence of long distance connections because they are spread throughout the European coast.

Source: Cunliffe, B. 2001. Facing the ocean: The Atlantic and its peoples. Oxford: Oxford University Press

Graphic: http://www.museum.hu/photo/szentendre/keptar/images/0510_t8157_maxi.jpg

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500-265BC

One of the biggest reasons for the Romans having such success in their campaign for expansion was their military tactics. In doing so the Romans showed a great deal of intelligence because they realized and recognized that the Samnite people were very skilled and had good tactics so they copied them. Showing the complexity of their culture and their ability to see what possible ways of doing things better.

Source: Scarre, C. (2005). Holocene Europe. In The human past: World prehistory & the development of human societies (3rd ed., pp. 392-432). London: Thames & Hudson.

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400BC

The Celtic people were a member of an early Indo-European people. They made their way from norther Europe and most of them settled and took over France, and Spain While some crossed over the Swiss Alps and entered into Norther Italy. The Roman referred to these people as their barbaric Neighbors.

Source: Price, T.D. (ed.). 2000 Europe's First farmers. London & New Haven: Yale University Press.

Graphic: http://www.mauiceltic.com/img/migration-map-tex.jpg

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400-265BC

Once the Romans conquered he city of Etruscan they then distributed the land to their poor. In doing so people gained power through land ownership and since more people had land they gained power and could afford weapons and things. Because of this people were more willing to join the army and in turn the Roman army grew and was able to conquer more territory.

Source: Scarre, C. (2005). Holocene Europe. In The human past: World prehistory & the development of human societies (3rd ed., pp. 392-432). London: Thames & Hudson.

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2500-1700BC

This was very unique to the area because there was copper and tin found together and together those make the metal alloy of bronze. Bronze was significant because it was much stronger than either copper or tin by themselves so it allowed for much better tools and weapons.

Source: Scarre, C. (2005). Holocene Europe. In The human past: World prehistory & the development of human societies (3rd ed., pp. 392-432). London: Thames & Hudson.

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4500BC

With the complexity of material culture it leads right into the farming of land and the introduction to the plow and wheeled transport. The plow lead to a more productive harvesting and in turn lead to even further complexity as well as the cultivation of new lands.

Source: Scarre, C. (2005). Holocene Europe. In The human past: World prehistory & the development of human societies (3rd ed., pp. 392-432). London: Thames & Hudson.

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5000BC

The first use of metal that is known for its burial rituals and being buried with the owners . IT then soon progressed in to making metal tools and weapons. This use of metal marks a time where complexity of material culture started to grow.

Source: Scarre, C. (2005). Holocene Europe. In The human past: World prehistory & the development of human societies (3rd ed., pp. 392-432). London: Thames & Hudson.

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The Bandkeramik Long houses showed that the people of this time had some sort of orderly pan to their construction and the way that they were all laid out in rows. They were typically 5-7m wide and up to 40m long sometimes longer. Also there was evidence that the had shingles on the roof which is a unique factor to them as well

Source: Bailey, G. and Spikins, P. (eds.). 2008. Mesolithic Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Graphic: http://www.plantsciences.ucdavis.edu/gepts/pb143/Lec12/Abb5Langhaus.GIF

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4560-4450BC

This cemetery was part of a community burial. It had roughly 280 graves they had a lot of gold buried with them. The graves suggested that the development of the cemetery served as a means of promoting better social integration.

Source: Scarre, C. (2005). Holocene Europe. In The human past: World prehistory & the development of human societies (3rd ed., pp. 392-432). London: Thames & Hudson.

Graphic: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/e9/ae/63/e9ae63b3fe6ebe99cb1f681d0c1a871e.jpg