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Fri, 31 Dec 2021 17:34:27 +0100

During the stone age, the semi nomadic life of the hunter gathered was gradually abandoned for life in permanent dwellings. In the north-eastern parts of the Netherlands, the Funnelbeaker people were the first to live in the same place all year around. Personally I believe that most of daily life happened outside, working the land, but also hunting and gathering, for that was still the main source of food. This picture shows that life indoors could also have been rather cozy, around the central fire place, cooking food in the typical Funnelbeaker pottery.

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From examination of bones we know that certain women had arms as strong as those of modern Olympic rowers, from making the same repetitive movements while grinding the grain, like the woman in this photo is doing.