Taranis
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I've made a bit of an experiment. Based on the idea that the Beaker Culture may have been "hijacked" by Indo-European migrations, I've attempted to piece together when and where Beaker-Bell traditions ends (ie, when the Beaker style fell out of use), and by what it is succeeded:
Central Europe: ~2300 BC (Unetice Culture)
Soutern France: ~2150-1900 BC
Denmark: ~1900-1800 BC (Nordic Bronze)
Sardinia: ~1800 BC (Nuraghic Civilization)
Eastern Andalusia: ~1800 BC (El-Argar)
North Africa: ~1800 BC
Netherlands, Lower Rhine: ~1800 BC
Duero region: ~1700 BC (Proto-Cogotas phase)
Ireland: ~1700 BC
Britain: ~1700-1600 BC (Wessex II?)
Basque Country: ~1700 BC
Northern Portugal: ~1300 BC (Atlantic Bronze)
Balearic Isles: ~1300 BC (Talayotic Civilization)
There is obviously areas in this list which presumably were inhabited by non-Indo-European peoples by the time history recorded them (Basque country, Balearic Isles, Andalusia, North Africa, Sardinia). If you disregard these areas, you get a rough east-to-west progression, which indeed would match with the spread of R1b as well as the Indo-European languages.
Central Europe: ~2300 BC (Unetice Culture)
Soutern France: ~2150-1900 BC
Denmark: ~1900-1800 BC (Nordic Bronze)
Sardinia: ~1800 BC (Nuraghic Civilization)
Eastern Andalusia: ~1800 BC (El-Argar)
North Africa: ~1800 BC
Netherlands, Lower Rhine: ~1800 BC
Duero region: ~1700 BC (Proto-Cogotas phase)
Ireland: ~1700 BC
Britain: ~1700-1600 BC (Wessex II?)
Basque Country: ~1700 BC
Northern Portugal: ~1300 BC (Atlantic Bronze)
Balearic Isles: ~1300 BC (Talayotic Civilization)
There is obviously areas in this list which presumably were inhabited by non-Indo-European peoples by the time history recorded them (Basque country, Balearic Isles, Andalusia, North Africa, Sardinia). If you disregard these areas, you get a rough east-to-west progression, which indeed would match with the spread of R1b as well as the Indo-European languages.