Neolithic Europe

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archaeological culture area prehistoric period

Neolithic Europe refers to the prehistoric period and region in which early farming communities, settled villages, and megalithic monuments developed across the European continent.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
European Neolithic	2
European Neolithic heritage	1
theory of Old Europe	1

Statements (67)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological culture area ⓘ prehistoric period ⓘ
follows	Mesolithic Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBurialPractice	cists and stone-lined graves ⓘ collective tombs ⓘ long barrows ⓘ megalithic passage graves ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	adoption of agriculture ⓘ causewayed enclosures ⓘ cereal cultivation ⓘ clearance of forests for fields ⓘ communal burial practices ⓘ domestication of animals ⓘ domestication of plants ⓘ ground stone tools ⓘ herding of cattle ⓘ herding of sheep and goats ⓘ increased social complexity ⓘ long-distance exchange networks ⓘ megalithic monuments ⓘ pig husbandry ⓘ polished stone axes ⓘ pottery production ⓘ ritual enclosures ⓘ sedentary villages ⓘ storage pits and granaries ⓘ textile production ⓘ timber and wattle-and-daub houses ⓘ
hasEarlierStartInRegion	southeastern Europe ⓘ
hasEconomicBase	mixed farming and herding ⓘ supplementary hunting and gathering ⓘ
hasEndTime	c. 2000 BCE ⓘ
hasImpactOn	deforestation of parts of Europe ⓘ development of later Bronze Age societies ⓘ emergence of social stratification ⓘ population growth in Europe ⓘ
hasKeyCulture	Bell Beaker culture (late and transitional) NERFINISHED ⓘ Cardial Ware culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Ertebølle–Ellerbek culture (transitional) NERFINISHED ⓘ Funnelbeaker culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Impressed Ware cultures ⓘ Lengyel culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Linear Pottery culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Megalithic culture of Atlantic Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ Starčevo culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Vinča culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasKeySite	Cardial Ware culture sites ⓘ Carnac stones NERFINISHED ⓘ Linear Pottery culture settlements ⓘ Megalithic tombs of Atlantic Europe ⓘ Skara Brae NERFINISHED ⓘ Starčevo–Körös–Criș culture sites NERFINISHED ⓘ Stonehenge NERFINISHED ⓘ Çatalhöyük (peripheral to Europe but influential) ⓘ Çatalhöyük influence zone NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLaterStartInRegion	northern Europe ⓘ
hasMaterialCulture	decorated pottery ⓘ figurines ⓘ flint blades and sickles ⓘ stone bracelets and ornaments ⓘ
hasReligion	possible fertility cults ⓘ rituals associated with ancestors ⓘ
hasStartTime	c. 7000 BCE ⓘ
partOf	European prehistory ⓘ
precedes	Bronze Age Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
spreadVia	cultural diffusion to indigenous hunter-gatherers ⓘ migration of early farmers from Anatolia ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Silbury Hill → culture → Neolithic Europe ⓘ

Marija Gimbutas → fieldOfWork → Neolithic Europe ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Neolithic

Marija Gimbutas → knownFor → Neolithic Europe ⓘ

this entity surface form: theory of Old Europe

Vere Gordon Childe → mainInterest → Neolithic Europe ⓘ

Corded Ware culture → partOf → Neolithic Europe ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Neolithic

Orkney archaeological landscape → partOf → Neolithic Europe ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Neolithic heritage