Refers to a Neolithic culture and style that began in the Ukraine around 3,000 BCE in the area between the Bug and Seret rivers, and extended to the Dnieper river. It is characterized by red and orange pottery decorated with distinctive grooved or painted curvilinear designs. It is also distinguished by villages made up of long, rectangular houses with a central enclosure for cattle, and often an agricultural practice involving shifting fields and frequent movement of the settlements. Some scholars classify Cucuteni and Tripolye as separate cultures.
