Talk:Funnelbeaker culture

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ok, comparing with Image:European Middle Neolithic.gif (which is supposed to represent 4000), this map (supposed to represent roughly 4500-4000) needs to be fixed. I am not sure I can do it. What is the relation of LBK with Lengyel? Can Ertebølle be considered part of TRB? Should the Ertebølle and this article maybe be merged? (Ertebølle is 5000-4000, and TRB 4500-2700. Around 4000 they would seem to be blending into each other, then?) dab (ᛏ) 07:23, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

I guess the answer is that the map really shows the late 4h millennium situation. dab (ᛏ) 07:28, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

I have been mulling over the same situation as well. It is not only here that cultures overlap in time, but it seems to be pretty common. It may have to do with uncertainties in dating, and not only with periods of coexistence. I will double-check the datings later today.--Wiglaf 08:07, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

The start date of this culture varies apparently. According to this paper it starts ca 4200 BC-4000 BC, but Nationalencyklopedin sets the date at 3900 BC. It does not seem reasonable to set the final date of the Ertebölle culture to 4000 BC and the start date of the TRB to 4500 BC. I have written ca 4000 BC as a start date.--Wiglaf 22:07, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

Why's it called Funnelbeaker?