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The Beaker people were immigrants who were named for their pottery that was the first pottery to be in the shape of a beaker, made to drink beverages. Unlike Neolithic people, they buried their dead in inddividual graves with grave goods inside, rather than having a grave for multiple people. They brought the art of smelting to Europe and also had pack horses. They mixed tin and copper to make bronze, which was a huge step forward in making tools.
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End of the Stone Age Video Notes
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol1/pp36-41
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/research/directory/beaker-people-parkerpearson
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/57200/Beaker-folk
Bryan Trammell
