Linear Ware culture

GPTKB entity

Statements (98)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:artifacts
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:LBK
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Linear_Pottery_culture
gptkb:Linearbandkeramik
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite gptkb:Bylany
gptkb:Langweiler
gptkb:Aldenhoven
gptkb:Oslonki
gptkb:Vedrovice
gptkbp:burialPractice inhumation
gptkbp:characteristic stone tools
longhouses
flint blades
linear-decorated pottery
gptkbp:containsSettlement river valleys
village-based
fertile loess soils
clustered longhouses
open settlements
gptkbp:cropDomestication barley
peas
lentils
einkorn wheat
emmer wheat
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Friedrich_Klopfleisch
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1880s
gptkbp:economy mixed farming
gptkbp:endDate c. 4500 BCE
gptkbp:firstDomesticated gptkb:livestock
goats
pigs
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Lengyel_culture
gptkb:Rössen_culture
gptkb:Stroked_Pottery_culture
gptkbp:house gptkb:building
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Linear Ware culture
gptkbp:languageFamily unknown
gptkbp:notableFinds charcoal
flint arrowheads
figurines
grave goods
cereal grains
loom weights
hearths
grinding stones
dog burials
animal figurines
human figurines
spindle whorls
storage pits
defensive ditches
burial goods
shell ornaments
clay figurines
amber beads
human burials
bone awls
circular enclosures
domesticated animal bones
palisades
charred plant remains
stone adzes
child burials
cattle skulls
burnt daub
ditch enclosures
house postholes
posthole alignments
pottery sherds
ritual pits
gptkbp:notableFor first farming communities in Central Europe
gptkbp:period Neolithic
gptkbp:potteryDecoration geometric motifs
parallel lines
zigzag patterns
incised linear patterns
filled with brown paste
filled with red paste
filled with white paste
incised bands
punctuations
gptkbp:potteryStyle banded pottery
linear pottery
gptkbp:potteryTechnique hand-built
fired in open hearths
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Starčevo_culture
gptkbp:region gptkb:Central_Europe
gptkb:Western_Europe
gptkb:Eastern_Europe
gptkbp:significance spread of Neolithic farming in Europe
gptkbp:startDate c. 5500 BCE
gptkbp:subsistence agriculture
animal husbandry
gptkbp:uses bone tools
polished stone axes
flint sickles
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Linearbandkeramik
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7