Talk:Terramare culture

Accuracy of range
I believe the Terramare is a northern manifestation. The pretty picture shows it extending over all Italy, even into the range of the Apennine culture. The picture is apparently based on the obsolete theory that the Terramare brought in the Italics.Dave (talk) 00:43, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I took a good look at everything and there is no doubt about it. The blue area does not represent the Terramare. I don't know where it came from but it is wrong. I will leave it there for the time being to give you a chance to comment. As far as I am concerned, it has to go.Dave (talk) 00:51, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Building on Pilings
I wonder what the weather was like during that time? I've heard of building on pilings to prevent buildings from "jacking" in permafrost. Or, perhaps the snow was very deep in the winter and they had to build them higher so they'd be up out of the snow? What side of the hill are they built on, relative to prevailing winds during that time period? Would snow tend to accumulate there or be swept to the other side? --KarlHegbloom (talk) 22:13, 19 May 2009 (UTC)


 * The weather was a bit warmer than now, see Holocene_Climatic_Optimum. I've not heard of permafrost as a major problem for settlements in modern Italy, I've no idea about snow. The analogous Swiss lake dwellings, Scottish crannogs, and so on are generally explained by the relative ease of defence on an island. HTH Richard Keatinge (talk) 22:53, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Extension
The Terramare was exclusively in north-eastern Italy, and the map is so cruelly mistaken [see e.g. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/588201/Terramare-culture) that it had to be removed. HJJHolm (talk) 09:30, 20 June 2012 (UTC)