1 102 C Hunter-gatherers @ After the Ice Age, Europe's hunter-gatherer populations adapted their way of life to exploit the new environments that were developing. Bows and arrows aided hunting in forests while seagoing craft not only allowed deep sea fishing but also made available island resources, such as the highly prized obsidian stone from Melos.
#Mesolithic, Fish sculpture from Lepenski Vir
3 102 A Early farmers @ By 7000 BC farming groups from West Asia were spreading into Greece and the Balkans. These communities lived in small villages of mudbrick houses and made many artefacts including finely decorated pottery. Clay stamps were probably used to print designs on woven cloth. Their hunter-gatherer neighbours adopted some of these innovations.
#First farmers in the south-east, Greek early Neolithic house
2 102 B Central European pioneers @ Pioneer farmers colonized Central Europe from the south-east around 5500 BC. They built massive wooden houses in which both families and their domestic animals could live, with overhanging eaves protecting the plastered walls from heavy rain. Their domestic equipment, including simply decorated pottery (Linearbandkeramik), was more spartan than that of south-east Europe.
