Starčevo–Körös–Criș culture

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]

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.

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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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  Starčevo ceramic altar

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