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 style and culture named after the site at Starcevo, Serbia, and evident in a large area including modern Slovakia, western Ukraine, Romania, eastern Hungary, Bulgaria, Serbia, northeast Bosnia, and Croatia. Scholars generally agree that it lasted from the sixth millennium until around 4,200 BCE. It is characterized by fishing and hunting activities, with some agriculture, the creation of knives and polished axes, and pottery with thick walls, pinched at the top with fingers or nails, and displaying distinctive curvilinear and spiral designs.