Warfare, Advancement, and Revisionism

Warfare, Advancement, and Revisionism

by Thomas Preston Floyd

Government History Social Sciences

Season 4

The Michelsberg Culutre and the final phase of Mesolithic Scandinavia

This week we talk about the Michelsberg Culture as we end our discussions of Neolithic central Europe for this season. Now I know some of you will ask, "Hey what about the Funnelbeaker culture?" Well after diving into it and reading my notes I feel like discussion of them makes much more sense thematically next season. I meant to explain this in the episode but I forgot to mention it. I'll give a bit more detail on this next episode. We also cover several hunter gatherer groups in Scandinavia and how the change in the climate and interactions with peoples in the Balkans led to changes in their lifestyle. Also sometime between the 29-30 minute mark I said Balkans twice when I meant the Baltic. My bad. Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/KK0vHgQhj3w

The Lengyel and other Linear Pottery Successors

This week we tackle several of the cultures that emerged from the Linear Pottery Culture including the Lengyel, Rossen, and Stroke Ornamented Ware culture. Primarily focusing on the different paths of development each took from the old LBK in different aspects of their culture including pottery, burial, and tools. Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/3Q8Kk_2mNbU

Happy New Year and More Neolithic Cultures of France

Happy New Year! We are back and covering the neolithic Cerny culture, the Carnac stones, and the Chasséen culture. This includes the emergence of barrow tombs, menhir, and dolmins. Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/EBPi5AEt6gk

The End of the Linear Pottery Culture

This week I return to the Linear Pottery Culture or the LBK for short. This week we go over some of the finer details of their longhouses and settlements. We about what can be gleaned about their internal social organization. We then move on to what led to the culture's final collapse. Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/DQUSWyaxErk

Successors of the Cardium Pottery Culture in Southern France and Iberia

This week we talk about the neolithic peoples of Southern France and Iberia after the Cardial Ware culture declined. This includes several unclassified peoples as well as areas of Switzerland and North West Italy. We go over their trade links and economy. We also cover the spread in Southern Iberia of the La Almagra pottery to the rest of the peninsula and the emergence of Dolmen Tombs in Europe. YouTube: https://youtu.be/pMrVl57JBT8 Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod

Catignano, Ripoli, and the VBQ

This week we talk about the Neolithic cultures of central Italy and their pottery, including Catignano and Ripoli and how one grew out of and replaced the other. We also discuss the Square Mouth Vase culture of northern Italy as well as the earliest use of Cinnabar in the Western Mediterranean. YouTube: https://youtu.be/9xV5IZgbWVw Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod

Neolithic Southern Italy and Sardinia

This week I finish up Sicily by talking about the island of Pantelleria and the chain known as the Aegadian. We then turn to the south of the Italian Peninsula to discuss the emergence of the Capri-Lipari-Scaloria Alta, Scaloria Bassa, Serra d'Alto, and Passo di Corvo. We go over their pottery and pottery while also briefly touching on the further expansion of agriculture and animal husbandry. We also cover two neolithic cultures of Sardinia the Grotta Verde and Filiestru. YouTube: https://youtu.be/Bn5yu2C4j2c Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod

The Stentinello Culture, Sicily, Calabria, and Malta

This week we talk about the neolithic Stentinello culture as it emerges after the collapse of the Cardium Ware culture. We cover how their economy continued the spread of agriculture and herding while it also expanded in different ways from the Cardium culture. We also go over the differences in their pottery and housing styles. We also discuss the potential first habitation of Homo Sapiens on Malta and the Aeolian/Lipari islands. Twitter: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/biPQ6AGyAJc

The Kakanj, Butmir, and the Danilo Cultures

This week we talk about the pottery and economies of two Neolithic cultures that occupied a fairly small area along the Bonsa River but that were integral in facilitating long range trade with the people further east in the Balkans and the Cardial Ware culture, and their successor culture in the region, the Danilo culture. Whose economy and pottery we also talk about. We also go over the etymology of the Adriatic Sea. Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/CuMKKJmetBQ

The Neolithic Peloponnese and The Cardium Ware

This week we finish up our look at Greece for this season by discussing the Peloponnese and a burial site that may have influenced the local religion in the classical period. We also cover the emergence of the Cardium Ware Culture in Western Greece and Corfu and their expansion north along the Adriatic Coast and West into the Italian Peninsula and the rest of the Western Mediterranean coast. Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/459viDaG_XU

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