The Cortaillod culture is one of several archaeologically defined cultures belonging to the

Neolithic The Neolithic period, or New Stone Age, is an Old World archaeological period and the final division of the Stone Age. It saw the Neolithic Revolution, a wide-ranging set of developments that appear to have arisen independently in several pa ...

period of

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. The ''Cortaillod'' Culture in the west of the region is contemporary with the Pfyn Culture in the east and dates from between 3900-3500 BC. The ''Classic Cortaillod'' Culture of the western Alpine foreland and the ''Early Cortaillod'' Culture of central Switzerland pre-date this at 4300-3900 BC. Evidence, such as higher frequencies of dog bones and pendants made from dog metapodials, suggests a special relationship between dog and man during the later part of this period in the western part and the early Horgen culture in the eastern part of the

Alpine Alpine may refer to any mountainous region. It may also refer to: Places Europe * Alps, a European mountain range ** Alpine states, which overlap with the European range Australia * Alpine, New South Wales, a Northern Village * Alpine National P ...

foreland.

Gallery

File:Latenium-1.jpg, Neolithic house reconstruction, Switzerland File:Laténium-maquette-village-laustre.jpg, Settlement model,

Laténium The Laténium is an archeology museum located in Hauterive, a suburb of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Its name refers to the famous nearby site of La Tène which gave its name to the Second European Iron age. The Laténium is composed of a park an ...

museum File:Laténium-pointe-cristal.jpg, Crystal arrowhead File:Cortaillod gobelet IMG 6640.jpg, Cups made from antler

Sources

Schibler, J. 2006. The economy and environment of the 4th and 3rd millennia BC in the northern Alpine foreland based on studies of animal bones. ''Environmental Archaeology'' 11(1): 49-64 {{Authority control Archaeological cultures of Central Europe Archaeological cultures in Switzerland Neolithic cultures of Europe Cortaillod