Archaeological culture · c. 6200–4500 BCE
Starčevo culture
The Starčevo culture brought farming, domestic animals and pottery to the central Balkans. Its people came north from Greece and Anatolia along river routes such as the Morava valley, settling first in southern Serbia around 6200 BCE.
It was part of the wider Starčevo–Criș (Körös) group that later gave rise to the Linear Pottery culture.
See Starčevo culture on the map in 6200 BCE
- On the map
- 6200–4500 BCE
How we know
No writing existed; radiocarbon dates from many villages trace how farming spread up the river valleys.
Sites
- Starčevo culture dated c. 6200–4500 BCE