There is a large body of evidence for fortified settlements at Linearbandkeramik sites along the Rhine, as at least some villages were fortified for some time with a palisade and an outer ditch. Settlements with palisades and weapon-traumatized bones have been discovered, such as at the Talheim Death Pit demonstrates "...systematic violence between groups" and warfare was probably much more common during the Neolithic than in the preceding Paleolithic period. This supplanted an earlier view of the Linear Pottery Culture as living a "peaceful, unfortified lifestyle". COUNT 4
QSN1 Where was evidence of fortified settlements found? ANS1 Linearbandkeramik QSN2 What did some villages fortify their settlements with? ANS2 a palisade and an outer ditch QSN3 What tools were seen as evidence of violence among settlements? ANS3 weapon-traumatized bones QSN4 What site in Talheim suggests violent warfare in the Neolithic era? ANS4 the Talheim Death Pit