Double axes and coarse pottery reveal connections across the Rhine 5,000 years ago

November 13, 2026 · 2:40 pm 1 sources

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• Double axes and coarse pottery reveal connections across the Rhine 5,000 years ago
  Phys.org · November 13, 2026 14:40
  The Rhine, as the boundary between Western and Central Europe, appears to be a constant feature of European history. As early as the late fourth and early third millennia B.C., the traces of human activity east and west of the river differed. Archaeologists have long concluded that the river was a…