Conventional C I~ dates obtained! by several laboratories for charcoal and wood from theNeolithic settlement at Auvernier range from 3950 BP (2000 bc) to 4350 BP (2400 bc). Comparison of the individual results with the c14 content of dendrochronologically dated bristlecone pine wood shows that the samples from Auvernier date from a period ranging from 2400 BC to 3000 BC. More accurate dates have now been obtained for samples from two 'floating' tree-ring series from the Forstbotanical Institute at Munich. These samples made it possible to determine accurately, within a few decades, the time of the construction of two consecutive settlements at Auvernier. The settlements date from the 28th and the 25th centuries BC, respectively. Professor Hans Suess of the University of California, San Diego (La Jolla) has kindly written this important account for us.
The uniformity and wide distribution of the Bell Beaker have given rise to a whole series of different — and sometimes contradictory — interpretative models. It is therefore necessary to classify all the documentation on the basis of a precise definition and to reconsider its place within the Late Neolithic. C14 dates at present available show that pottery styles are not always directly linked to chronology. The results of this research have led us to formulate a new interpretative model. The "Crémade model "describes the Bell Beaker phenomenon as the expression of an ideology characterised in particular by a need to demonstrate autonomy (Selbs- tausgrenzung). This ideology can lead to the formation of an archaeological culture, the Bell Beaker culture.
Le recensement et l'étude des groupes à l'échelle de l'Europe ont permis de décomposer le Campaniforme en deux entités matérielles et de proposer un modèle interprétatif de ce phénomène. La première, " le set ", comprend les objets communs à l'ensemble de l'Europe, dont le gobelet décoré classique. Cette première composante est l'expression d'un savoir nouveau, d'une idéologie. La deuxième composante est représentée par la céramique complémentaire (ou commune) et les outillages lithiques et osseux qui lui sont associés sur les habitats. Cette deuxième composante est l'expression des populations autochtones, " campaniformisées ", et constitue une culture archéologique complète.
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