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Linear Pottery Cultures
Central Europe (~8,000 years ago)
farmer found
Roughly 8,000 years ago Farming Cultures, such as the Linearbandkeramik (LBK), migrated from the Mediterranean Near East into the European continent. This migration moved through Greece, quickly spreading into the Balkans and arrived in Central Europe by around 5,700 years ago. Archaeological evidence of early Farming Cultures habitation has been found near rivers and lakes; suggesting that these peoples followed the fertile loess soils, often found along bodies of water, to build their communities. Timber longhouses, constructed from wicker like materials that were walled together with a mud plaster, were built together in loose groups to form the communities of the Farming Cultures. In addition to the unique architecture, researchers also use remains from the distinctive pottery practices to identify LBK communities. LBK pottery is unique in its use of parallel lines to form spiral designs, and designs of triangles and chevrons around bands on earthen bowls.