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)

Narrower term/s

• Vinca-Tordos
• Vinca-Plocnik

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to a Neolithic style and culture that existed in eastern Europe beginning in the fifth millennium BCE and is named after a site in Serbia, along the Danube river. It is particularly characterized by the creation of free-standing animal and human figures in clay.