Between 6,500 and 4,500 BC pottery spread from Greece across Europe via the Danube, Rhine, Elbe, Oder and Vistula and along the Mediterranean coast, in two main waves: Linearbandkeramik (LBK) and Cardium impressed ware, the latter reaching Italy, the Rhone Valley and eastern Spain by 5,500-4,500 BC. In Mesopotamia, Ubaid pottery predominated from about 5,500 BC, and Cucuteni-Trypillian (~5,000 BC) pots stand out for their artistry 🌾🏺
Neolithic pottery spread: LBK, Cardium ware and Ubaid across Europe and Mesopotamia
Key facts
- Between 6,500 and 4,500 BC pottery spread from Greece across eastern, central and western Europe via the Danube, Rhine, Elbe, Oder and Vistula rivers and along the Mediterranean coast.
- The two major strands were the Linearbandkeramik (LBK, Linear Pottery culture) and the Cardium (Cardial or impressed) ware, a major phenomenon of the European Neolithic.
- Cardium pottery culture spread west from Greece into the Adriatic, Balkans, Italy, the Rhone Valley and eastern Spain around 5,500-4,500 BC.
- Ubaid pottery of the early Sumerian culture predominated in Mesopotamia from about 5,500 BC.
- Other entries include Fuku(i) Cave ceramics at 13,900-11,900 BC, clay-fired pots in Siberia at 10,000 BC, pottery making in sub-Saharan Africa from 9,400 BC, early Persian centres such as Ganj Dareh Tepe, Sarab, Susa and Chogha Mish at 8,000 BC, Jarmo pottery from 8,000 BC, Bir An in Neolithic India at 7,570 BC (noted for chocolate-coloured slipware), and Sesklo in Greece at 7,500 BC.
- The Cucuteni-Trypillian culture, around 5,000 BC, is highlighted for the exceptional artistry of its decorated pots.
Sources
Cardium potteryen.wikipedia.org
Linearbandkeramik (LBK) from central Europe, and that both are closely related to the Balkan Neolithic population.
Cataloguing and Mapping the Linear Band Pottery Sites...dainst.org
The Linear Band Pottery Culture (the Linearbandkeramik or LBK) is an archaeological phenomenon with an immense geographic scope. The settlements in the ...
What prehistoric linear pottery taught me this summerdfb-keramiek.nl
Western and Central Europe that is the linear pottery (LBK from German: Linearbandkeramik). This Neolithic pottery is over 7,000 years old. ...
Between Cardial and Linearbandkeramik: From no-man's- ...researchgate.net
a cultural divide of Europe with the Linearbandkeramik. The fine pottery is usually undecorated; Cardium impressions are missing completely (Fig. 7). ...
Linear Pottery culturearchaeologymag.com
The Linear Pottery culture, also known as the Linearbandkeramik (LBK) culture, was a Neolithic culture that emerged in Central Europe around 5500 BCE and ...
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