Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. Early Western World
6. [ancient European styles and periods]
7. European Neolithic (culture or period)

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to the culture in northern Europe dating from late 5th millennium BCE and beyond; named for the distinctive vessels that are sometimes shaped like funnels. Although the culture is classified as early Neolithic, it has much in common with the late Mesolithic. The culture varies from region to region, but it is generally characterized by early domestication of animals and plants, polished stone and flint tools, collared flasks, buckets, bowls, funnel beakers decorated with horizontal and vertical grooves, and megalithic burial monuments in some regions.