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European Megalithic

Western European Late Neolithic, Western European pre-Beaker Chalcolithic, Western European pre-Beaker Eneolithic, Western European pre-Beaker Copper Age

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The Megalithic tradition spans the transition from the Atlantic (8200-5000 b.p.) to Subboreal (5000-2300 b.p.) climatic periods. This transition, in northern Europe, may have been accompanied by a shift from a warmer and maritime (wetter) climate to a more continental climate, and in southern Europe, by an increase in aridity.

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