Pottery (IMAGE)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Pottery

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The use of stylized bell-shaped pots like this one from Sierentz, France spread across Europe beginning about 4,700 years ago. DNA analysis show that this so-called Bell Beaker culture was brought to Britain by people who largely replaced the island's existing inhabitants.

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Anthony Denaire

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