It is believed to ultimately derive from the Mediterranean Cardial-Traditions.
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The place name La Hoguette is believed to derive from the Old Norse word Haugr meaning a knoll or a hill.
Some scholars see an influence of the central European Linearbandkeramic culture in the finds from the longmounds of Mané Ty Ec and Mané Pochat er Ieu (Morbihan), but this should rather be connected to the la Hoguette tradition, ultimately of Cardial extraction.