Archaeological culture · c. 5500–4500 BCE
Linear Pottery culture (LBK)
The Linear Pottery culture, called LBK from its German name Linearbandkeramik, carried farming across central Europe, from Hungary and Slovakia to the Paris Basin and Ukraine. Its farmers settled on fertile loess soils near rivers and lived in large timber longhouses.
It is one of the biggest events in the spread of agriculture in Europe.
See Linear Pottery culture (LBK) on the map in 5500 BCE
- On the map
- 5500–4500 BCE
How we know
No writing existed; it is named after its pottery decorated with incised bands, and dated by radiocarbon.