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Ertebølle Culture

5400 BC – 3950 BC
CultureEurope

Late Mesolithic hunter-gatherer-fisher culture of southern Scandinavia, notable for adopting pottery-making while remaining a non-farming economy.

Replaced by the agricultural Funnelbeaker (TRB) culture as farming reached Scandinavia around 4000-3950 BC.

Borders in 4100 BC · drawn from 2 sourced border frames
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Borders over time

The atlas holds 2 border frames for Ertebølle Culture — the shape you scrub through changes in 5400 BC · 4100 BC.

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