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 a Neolithic culture and style that developed in the Rhineland and western Germany, was contemporary with the Lengyel culture, and flourished in the fifth and fourth millennia BCE. It followed the relatively homogenous Bandkeramik culture and is characterized by the development of strong local traditions and styles, including pots decorated with lattices, chequers, and curved lines.