NEOLITHIC CULTURAL REVOLUTION.

The article focuses on the construction of Passy-type tombs by farmers of the Cerny culture in northern France around 7,000 years ago, during the Middle Neolithic period. These large burial mounds, which can exceed 1,000 feet in length, represent a significant cultural development, reflecting a shift towards stratified societies that emphasized hunting and gender segregation in burial practices. Recent archaeological findings suggest that these tombs were built after the convergence of two distinct farming cultures, the Linear Pottery and Cardial Ware peoples, leading to new ideological beliefs and social structures. The tradition of building these monumental tombs was relatively short-lived, eventually giving way to different burial practices that included communal interments. [Extracted from the article]