Linear Pottery Culture (LBK) expansion into Central Europe (c. 5,500–4,500 BCE)

1. Farming expands toward the middle Danube

   Jan 1, 5600 BCELabels: Carpathian Basin, Southeast Europe

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2. Brunn am Gebirge shows early transition

   Jan 1, 5550 BCELabels: Brunn am, Star evo

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3. LBK emerges from Balkan-Danube roots

   Jan 1, 5500 BCELabels: Star evo, K r

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4. LBK spreads rapidly along loess riverlands

   Jan 1, 5450 BCELabels: Loess soils, Danube corridor

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5. Longhouse villages become the standard settlement

   Jan 1, 5400 BCELabels: Longhouse, LBK villages

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6. Western LBK reaches central Germany and beyond

   Jan 1, 5350 BCELabels: Transdanubia, Central Germany

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7. Contacts persist with Mesolithic communities

   Jan 1, 5300 BCELabels: Mesolithic communities, LBK frontier

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8. Major settlements develop in Bohemia (Bylany)

   Jan 1, 5300 BCELabels: Bylany, Bohemia

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9. Violence appears at the Talheim mass grave

   Jan 1, 5000 BCELabels: Talheim mass, SW Germany

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10. Schletz-Asparn reveals late-LBK attack and deaths

    Jan 1, 5000 BCELabels: Schletz-Asparn, Lower Austria

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11. Herxheim enclosure accumulates human remains

    Jan 1, 4950 BCELabels: Herxheim, Enclosure site

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12. LBK transitions into successor cultures in Central Europe

    Jan 1, 4900 BCELabels: STK, Middle Neolithic

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