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Europe. Beyond south western Europes cardium or impressed wares route. The LBK, linnear or Linearbandkeramik route followed the Danube rivers into Europes center
Into the wild, “LBK” followed one of Europes largest rivers.

Able to practice ‘slash and burn’ techniques. LBK methods for pottery were large. Included with the forestry, and mining were establishing practical food and supply reserves

The name actually derives from the pottery’s decorative technique. Or, the “Band Ware”. The type of pottery is believed to have originate from modern day Serbia, Romania, and Hungry. Starčevo-Körös-Criș pottery featured decorative patterns. It was composed of convolute bands of paint. Think spirals, converging bands, vertical bands, and similar. LBK appears to imitate and often improve these convolutions with incised, or cut lines. Hence the term, linear, or linear banded ware. Some say it may have even originated as far as 5700 BC, on the middle Danube. In western Hungary, and was carried down other rivers too. Like the Rhine, Elbe, Oder, Vistula, and other watersheds. Where there was good hunting, and fishing.

LBK pottery consists of simple cups, bowls, vases, jugs without handles and, in a later phase, with pierced lugs, bases, and necks

Linearbandkeramick, LBK or Linear pottery culture mostly carried crops (or, seeds), animals and liquids
Grains included:
Triticum dicoccum, emmer wheat
Triticum monococcum, einkorn wheat
Pisum sativum, pea
Lens culinaris, lentil
Hordeum, barley
Panicum miliaceum, broom corn millet
Secale cereale rye
Vicia ervilia, bitter vetch
Vicia faba, broad or field bean
Other:
Hemp (Cannabis sativum) and flax (Linum usitatissimum). Would have given Linearbandkeramick, LBK or Linear Pottery culture people the raw material for rope and cloth. Which no doubt, helped with the manufactured home, log cabin, post and beam, and cottage building industry(s).
Poppies (Papaver somniferum) were also introduced. During these times, it became common for use in palliative medicine.
Animal uses included:
Milk, meat, fish and bone tool storage.
Alcohol and water. Using there pottery and styles. The LBK would have produced, used and traded for wine, beer, water and animal/fish products.

LBK and TDP
Central Europes climates were cooler and more remote. It made the neolithic eras Linear pottery culture more competitive. At Talheim death pit, around 5000 BC, investigation of the neolithic skeletons found that prehistoric men from neighboring tribes. Were prepared to fight and kill each other. In order to be with, and secure women. Among various LBK tribes, and archaeological records, the mass grave site in southern Germany. Was one of the earliest in neolithic Europe. Showing organized violence.

Linearbandkeramick, LBK or Linear Pottery culture was followed by. Stroke-ornamented ware culture, Rössen culture, Lengyel culture, Cucuteni-Trypillian culture, Michelsberg culture , Funnelbeaker culture, Hinkelsteinculture, Cerny culture, Chasséen culture, Boian culture, Tisza culture and others. Check some out, and more neolithic architecture today!

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