The Terramare Culture and the Bronze Age Collapse

In Bronze Age northern Italy the Terramare culture thrived for centuries until one day in about 1200 BC, the population of 120,00 people disappeared. This was the same era as the Late Bronze Age collapse, when the mysterious Sea Peoples invaded the Near East and destroyed so many ancient civilisations, leading to the first great dark age in history. Were the people of the Terramare culture involved in some way? Were they also the victims of climatic changes and foreign invasions that wiped them out? Or were they perhaps one of the perpetrators? Could they in fact be one of the Sea Peoples? This is the mystery of the Terramare culture. *If you enjoy my videos please consider supporting the channel* Patreon ➜ PayPal ➜ Ko-fi ➜ A Patreon-exclusive post examining the argument that the Terramare people are known to history as the Pelasgians ➜ *My Books* Godborn: Gods of Bronze 1 ➜ All my books on Amazon ➜ *My Links* Website Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: *Video Sources* The Rise of Bronze Age Society by Kristiansen & Larsson ➜ Protecting the Body in War and Combat by Marianne Mödlinger ➜ Globalization, Battlefields & Economics by Helle Vandkilde ➜ Bronze Age Voyaging and Cosmologies in the Making - Helle Vandkilde The Collapse of the Terramare Culture And Growth Of New Economic And Social Systems During The Late Bronze Age In Italy By Andrea Cardarelli (2009) New Research on rhe Terramare Of Northern Italy By Mark Pearce (1998) Terramare Sickles by Primož Pavlin (2014) Smiths and Smithing in Bronze Age Terramare by Christiano Iaia (2013) Remote Sensing, Archaeological, and Geophysical Data to Study the Terramare Settlements: The Case Study of Fondo Paviani (Northern Italy) R. Deiana et al (2020) The “Tabina 1” Arrowhead -- An Early Bronze Age Weapon Found In A Northern Italian “Terramare” Village Site by Vittorio Brizzi (2011) Bronze Age Terramare Pottery From Northern Italy – Exercises In Experimental Reproduction by Y. Brodà et al Bronze Age Textile & Wool Economy: The Case of the Terramare Site of Montale, Italy by Serena Sabatini, Timothy Earle and Andrea Cardarelli (2018) Terramare, Mycenaean Centers and The Role Of The Adriatic During the Late Bronze Age By Stavros Oikonomidis (2016) Stone Moulds from Terramare (Northern Italy): Analytical Approach and Experimental Reproduction Barbieri M., Cavazzuti C. (2014) The SUCCESSO-TERRA Project: a Lesson of Sustainability from the Terramare Culture, Middle Bronze Age of the Po Plain (Northern Italy) by Mauro Cremaschia et al (2018) Environment, human impact and the role of trees on the Po plain during the Middle and Recent Bronze Age: Pollen evidence from the local influence of the terramare of Baggiovara and Casinalbo by Mercuri et al (2014) (The above links include affiliate links which means we will earn a small commission from your purchases at no additional cost to you which is a way to support the channel.) *Video Chapters* 00:00 The Mystery of the Terramare culture 01:13 What is the Terramare culture? 07:30 Late Bronze Age Trade Networks 13:21 The Terramare and the Late Bronze Age collapse 15:48 The Sea Peoples 18:40 Why did the Terramare people leave the Po Valley? 21:03 Where did the Terramare people go?