Linearbandkeramic
The Linearbandkeramic, from the characteristic linear pottery ornaments, is the earliest neolithic culture of Central Europe. Its oldest phase is dated by the radiocarbon method to 5.500 BC. Most scholars derive the Linearbandkeramic (abbreviated LBK) from the Starcevo-Körös culture of Northern Serbia and Hungary, but some would argue for an autochthonous development out of the local Mesolithic cultures.Important sites include Bylany in the Czech Republic, Langweiler and Zwenkau in Germany and Brunn am Gebirge in Austria.
It is followed by the stroke-ornamented ware pottery in the eastern part of the settlement area, by the Hinkelstein, GroÃÂgartach- and Rössen-cultures in the West.
