Widespread Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age material culture and people identified by distinctive bell-shaped pottery beakers, spanning Atlantic Europe from Iberia to central Europe and the British Isles.
Ceased to be a recognizable pan-European phenomenon by approximately 1800 BCE in most regions, fading out as regional Early Bronze Age cultures emerged, though it persisted in some areas (notably Britain) until around 1650 BCE.
The atlas holds 5 border frames for Bell Beaker culture — the shape you scrub through changes in 2800 BC · 2600 BC · 2500 BC · 2450 BC · 2300 BC.
Foundational regional monograph on the Iberian Bell Beaker phenomenon, covering the culture's origin and distribution in the area most researchers identify as the heartland.
Recent survey volume covering the full geographic and chronological range of Bell Beaker culture including insights from ancient DNA research (Olalde et al. 2018) that revealed a major population movement.
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