Stroke-ornamented ware culture

Short description: Archeological horizon of Central Europe (4900–4400 BC)

Stroke Ornamented Pottery culture

Geographical range| Central Europe
Period| Neolithic Europe
Dates| c. 4900 BC — c. 4400 BC
Major sites| Goseck, Nickern
Preceded by| Linear Pottery culture
Followed by| Michelsberg culture, Funnelbeaker culture, Globular Amphora culture
Model of the STK settlement at Dresden-Nickern, showing longhouses and circular enclosures

The Stroke-ornamented ware (culture) or (German) Stichbandkeramik (abbr. STK or STbK), Stroked Pottery culture, Danubian Ib culture of V. Gordon Childe, or Middle Danubian culture is the successor of the Linear Pottery culture, a major archaeological horizon of the European Neolithic in Central Europe. The STK flourishes during approximately 4900-4400 BC. Centered on Silesia in Poland, eastern Germany, and the northern Czech Republic, it overlaps with the Lengyel horizon to the south and the Rössen culture to the west.[1][2]

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Goseck circle
* 3 Gallery
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Description

The STbK and the Notenkopfkeramik (Musical Note pottery) are a development of the LBK. Much it features incised zig-zag bands going around the pot, with punctures at the line segment junctions. The STK abandons incision in favor bands of small punctures, also in zig-zag patterns, with a vertical band dividing each angle. The effect is a band pattern of contiguous A-frames.

Where the Musical Note pottery expanded east over the Bug River, the STK moved down the Vistula and Elbe. The spread of this style must have been basically the transmission of cultural objects. The homes of the STK people show a slight modification that became a major feature of later cultures: one end of the long house was made shorter than the other to achieve a trapezoidal shape. The reason for this modification remains obscure. Also, the STK people developed a preference for cremation rather than burial. The preceding early LBK had used both methods.

## Goseck circle

Goseck Circle, c. 4900 BC

An unusual structure associated with STK has been found at Goseck, southwest of Berlin in Saxony-Anhalt : a large, double concentric ring of post holes pierced by gates and surrounded by a circular ditch. The placement of the gates and some of the posts lead some investigators to hypothesize an observatory similar to Stonehenge, but in wood rather than stone; i.e., the posts mark some positions of celestial bodies.

## Gallery

The Dresden-Nickern settlement

* Stroke-ornamented Ware, City of Prague Museum

* Museum for Prehistory, Thuringia

* State Museum of Archaeology, Chemnitz

* State Museum of Prehistory, Berlin

* State Museum of Württemberg, Stuttgart

* Ceramic figurine

* Shell necklace

* Bracelets

## References

1. ↑ Borowskia, Michał P.; Furmanekb, Mirosław; Czarniakc, Krzysztof; Guniaa, Piotr (May 2015). "Steatite-tempered pottery of the Stroke Ornamented Ware culture from Silesia (SW Poland): a Neolithic innovation in ceramic technology". Journal of Archaeological Science 57: 207–222. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2015.01.021. Bibcode: 2015JArSc..57..207B. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0305440315000370. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
2. ↑ "Stroke-ornamented ware culture in Czech Republic". Czech Archaeology News. https://czech-archaeology-news.estranky.cz/articles/history-of-czech-archaeology/stroke-ornamented-ware-culture-in-czech-republic.html.

## External links

* Stichbandkeramik (Baldia)

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Neolithic Europe (including the Chalcolithic)

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Horizons|

* Cardium pottery
* Corded Ware culture
* First Temperate Neolithic
* Linear Pottery culture (LBK)

Cultures|

* Baden
* Beaker
* Boian
* Butmir
* Cernavodă
* Cerny
* Chasséen
* Cortaillod
* Coțofeni
* Cucuteni–Trypillia
* Decea Mureşului
* Dudești
* Funnelbeaker
* Gaudo
* Globular Amphora
* Gorneşti
* Gumelnița–Karanovo
* Hamangia
* Horgen
* Kakanj
* Karanovo
* Lengyel
* Narva
* Petreşti
* Pit–Comb Ware
* Pitted Ware
* Pfyn
* Rössen
* Seine–Oise–Marne
* Sesklo
* Sredny Stog
* Starčevo–Kőrös–Criș

* Starčevo
* Körös
* Criş

* Tisza
* Tiszapolgár
* Varna
* Vinča
* Vučedol
* Wartberg
* Windmill Hill

Monumental
architecture|

* Bank barrow
* Causewayed enclosure
* Cist
* Cursus
* Dolmen
* Great dolmen
* Guardian stones
* Henge
* Long barrow
* Megalith
* Megalithic entrance
* Menhir
* Passage grave
* Polygonal dolmen
* Rectangular dolmen
* Rondel
* Round barrow
* Simple dolmen
* Statue menhir
* Stone circle
* Stone row
* Timber circle
* Tor enclosure
* Unchambered long barrow

Technology|

* Grooved ware
* Lithic industries
* Metallurgy
* Neolithic long house
* Unstan ware

Concepts|

* Danubian culture
* Secondary products revolution
* Old Europe
* Proto-Indo-Europeans

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