Starčevo and Linear Pottery: Recalibration · Linear Pottery : the Long House
The unit of residence was the long house, a rectangular structure, 5.5 to 7.0 m (18.0 to 23.0 ft) wide, of variable length; for example, a house at Bylany was 45 m (148 ft).
45 (m) / 7 (m) = 6.43
300 (cubits) / 50 (cubits) = 6.
It would seem that the proportions of the Linear Pottery Long House could be influenced by the remembered proportions of the Ark. Remember that 7 meters seems to have been maximal width and 45 meters was exceptional in length. So, perhaps the proportions varied between 5 and 6.43, which would include the proportion 6, that of the Ark.
Reu was alive all of this time, he was born 2427 BC. If his early life doesn't coincide with the late life of Shem, he was 36 when Arphaxad died and 66 when Shelah died. This is about when the Starčevo culture begins, and Linear Pottery begins sometime between 2258 and 2235 BC. Say, 2247 BC, when Reu was 180 years old.
Obviously, this culture is in the wrong region for Reu, but someone in the lineage of Japheth would easily have had a similar lifespan. And the outbreak of generalised violence in carbon dated 5000 BC, well, that could be because this other person died and left smaller chieftains squabbling over the succession.
Since this is the culture that involved Herxheim, I'm pretty sure this could have been an evil man, and I'm happy this ended.
It also gave a chance to hunter gatherers.
If you want to know more about the Linear Pottery Long Houses, how about going to a video by Dan Davis? He'll give the conventional dates, presume modern lifespans and hence miss all of this being within one lifespan, but otherwise he's very well informed.
Hans Georg Lundahl
Paris
Sts. Cyrill and Methodius
7.VII.2025
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Video by Dan Davis:
The Immense Long Houses of the Linear Pottery Culture
Dan Davis History | 7 July 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbm80SzraRw
