Germans. Indo-European Migration. Andrey Tikhomirov

at a higher stage of development. They mined (although in small quantities) and processed iron, gold, copper, silver, tin, lead, were engaged in weaving, pottery. The Germans appeared more durable settled. The farming technique has improved. Arable lands were cultivated by a plow drawn by one or two pairs of oxen. Land cultivation was carried out by large families, or house communities, usually consisting of several generations. The ownership of the territory of the village still belonged to the whole community, which from the clan began to turn into a neighbor, since the kinship between the house communities inhabiting the village, gradually weakened. Residents of the village shared communal lands – pastures, etc.