From the Margins to the Mainstream: Dutch History to 1384 - Pre-Roman Times - A More Settled Existence
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What is the Funnel-Beaker Culture about?
- It was a different group of hunter-farmers from northern Europe that came to settle and farm in the northern Netherlands, some 2,000 years after the Limburg farms first appeared.
- These people of the so-called Funnel-Beaker Culture, so named for the shape of their distinctive pottery, established their own small-scale settlements in this part of the country.
Where and when were the first terpen built?
- The first wierden, or terpen - artificial mounds that afforded their inhabitants protection from the water - were built about 2750 years ago in Groningen and Friesland, the lower-lying land around these mounds being used for grazing and farming at times of low water.
- These activities, in addition to fishing and trading, made this region perhaps one of the most prosperous of the Netherlands by about the time the Romans arrived.
What was a key activity of the Germanic Batavians?
In a society with no central authority, winning glory through martial feats of arms - including making war on rival groups and looting their possessions - was a key activity of the Germanic Batavians who came to reside in the Betuwe region in the center of the contemporary Netherlands.
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