Starčevo–Körös–Criș culture

The Starčevo–Karanovo I-II–Körös culture^[1] or Starčevo–Körös–Criș culture^[2] is a grouping of two related Neolithic archaeological cultures in Southeastern Europe: the Starčevo culture and the Körös or Criș culture.

Starčevo–Körös–Criș culture

Alternative names	Starčevo–Körös
Horizon	First Temperate Neolithic, Old Europe
Period	Neolithic
Dates	circa 6,200 B.C.E. — circa 4,500 B.C.E.
Type site	Starčevo
Preceded by	Sesklo culture, Neolithic Greece, Mesolithic Romania
Followed by	Vinča culture, Karanovo culture, Gumelnița culture, Hamangia culture, Linear Pottery culture

See also: Old Europe (archaeology)

Settlements

Some of the earliest settlements of the Starčevo–Körös–Criș culture were discovered in the Banat Plain and southwest Transylvania.^[3] Culture sites were also discovered in the north-west Balkans, which yielded painted pottery noted for its "barbotine" vessel surfaces.^[4] Specifically, the Starčevo settlements were located in Serbia, Körös in Hungary, and Criș in Romania.^[5]

Characteristics

The Starčevo culture is an archaeological culture of Southeastern Europe, in what is now Serbia, dating to the Neolithic period between c. 5500 and 4500 BCE^[6] (according to other source, between 6200 and 5200 BCE).^[7] The Starčevo culture is sometimes grouped together and sometimes not.^[8]

The Körös culture is another Neolithic archaeological culture, but in Central Europe. It was named after the river Körös in eastern Hungary and western Romania, where it is named Criș.^[9] It survived from about 5800 to 5300 BC.

Gallery

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  Starčevo culture sculpture
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  Starčevo culture artefacts
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  Körös/Criş culture figurine
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  "Red-haired goddess" figurine
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  Figurine
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  Starčevo ceramic altar
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  Reconstruction of a settlement at Tumba Madzari, Macedonia