Stone Age

Linear Pottery Culture (LBK)

Europe's first widespread farming culture, spreading Anatolian-derived ancestry from the Carpathian Basin to the Paris Basin.

Period: Early Neolithic (c. 5,500–4,500 BCE)
Region: Central Europe
Samples: 152
Groups: 14

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Archaeological groups included

Austria N LBKGermany Derenburg Meerenstieg2 N LBKGermany Halberstadt Sonntagsfeld EN LBKAustria EN LBKGermany Viesenhaeuser Hof EN LBKGermany Stuttgart Muhlhausen1 EN LBKGermany Karsdorf EN LBKAustria N LBK o HGGermany Herxheim N LBKGermany Stuttgart Muhlhausen2 EN LBKGermany Dillingen Steinheim EN LBKGermany Essenbach Ammerbreite EN LBK

Notable Linear Pottery Culture (LBK) samples

Showing 60 of 152 individuals.

Related populations

Çatalhöyük & Anatolian NeolithicNeolithic (c. 7,100–5,700 BCE)Samara EneolithicEneolithic (c. 5,200–4,000 BCE)Iron Gates MesolithicMesolithic (c. 9,500–6,000 BCE)StarčevoEarly Neolithic (c. 6,200–5,200 BCE)