1 Beakers, Plagues, and Battle Axes1.1 A Very Short Introduction to the Third Millennium BCE1.2 Three Answers, One Problem1.3 Migration: A Link Between Scales1.4 Thinking with Ceramics1.5 Research Question and Study Area1.6 The Third Millennium BCE: A Matter of Concern1.7 Outlook2 Funnel Beaker West and Corded Ware Communities Co-existed2.
1 The Age of Ceramics2.2 Rise and Fall2.3 Re-examining the Absolute Chronology of the Third Millennium BCE2.4 Funnel Beaker West Chronology: What Can We Know?2.5 Funnel Beaker West in the Third Millennium BCE2.6 Overview3 An Archaeology of Learning3.1 Beyond Group Detection3.2 From Sherds to Learning3.
3 Overview4 A Probabilistic Analysis of Ceramic Technology4.1 The Chaîne Opératoire as a Network4.2 The Total Chaîne Opératoire as a Probability Space4.3 Final Considerations: Why Go Probabilistic?5 Sample Design5.1 Sampling Strategy5.2 Analytical Techniques5.3 Selected Vessels and Samples5.4 Overview6 Funnel Beaker West Ceramic Technology6.
1 Prior Studies6.2 Specific Chaînes Opératoires in the Funnel Beaker West Body of Knowledge6.3 Summary7 Corded Ware Ceramic Technology7.1 Previous Studies7.2 Specific Chaînes Opératoires in the Corded Ware Body of Knowledge7.3 Summary8 Petrography of Funnel Beaker West and Corded Ware Vessels8.1 Fabric Groups8.2 Traces of Techniques8.
3 Provenance8.4 Final Remarks9 Abductive Comparison of Specific Chaînes Opératoires9.1 Abductive Comparison9.2 Are There Specialised Production Methods?9.3 Discussion and Conclusion10 Probabilistic Comparison of Specific Chaînes Opératoires10.1 Probabilistic Comparison of Funnel Beaker West and Corded Ware10.2 Expanding the Scope of the Comparisons10.3 Summary11 On the Origins of Neolithic Ceramic Technology11.
1 The Roots of Middle and Late Neolithic Ceramic Technology11.2 Final Remarks12 Here to Stay: Indigenous Communities in the 3rd Millennium BCE12.1 Reports of Funnel Beaker Wests' Death Are Greatly Exaggerated12.2 Learning Prevails12.3 Revising the Neolithic of Northwest Europe13 Eager for Knowledge: Migrants in the Third Millennium BCE13.1 Migrants Learned from Indigenous Communities.13.2 .
On More than One Occasion13.3 Concluding Remarks14 Conclusion14.1 Setting the Stage14.2 Business as Usual14.3 Serial Learners14.4 History of Knowledge: A New SynthesisBibliographyAppendicesNederlandstalige SamenvattingEnglish Summary.