Europe's Prehistoric Mega-Settlements Were Practically Vegetarian

[Judi Lynn]

By
Abdul Moeed
December 26, 2023



An illustration of Europe’s mega-settlements that were almost exclusively vegetarian. Credit: Kiel University

Kiel University’s Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 1266 is looking into the nutrition of Trypillia mega-sites, situated in the forest-steppe northwest of the Black Sea, which covers today’s Republic of Moldova and Ukraine.

These mega-sites, dating back six thousand years, were sprawled across vast areas of up to 320 hectares and housed the world’s largest communities of the time. They had a population of about fifteen thousand residents.

These mega-sites are considered Europe’s oldest cities, predating even the urbanization of Mesopotamia. The mystery of their food supply has long puzzled researchers.

Previously, it was understood that smaller Neolithic settlements relied on subsistence farming for sustenance. The CRC 1266 at Kiel University is now at the forefront of unraveling the nutritional secrets of these ancient mega-sites, according to Phys.org.

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