First Temperate Neolithic Explained

See also: Prehistoric Europe. The First Temperate Neolithic (FTN) is an archaeological horizon consisting of the earliest archaeological cultures of Neolithic Southeastern Europe, dated to c. 6400–5100 BCE.^[1] The cultures of the FTN were the first to practice agriculture in temperate Europe, which required significant innovations in farming technology previously adapted to a mediterranean climate.^[2]

The constituent cultures of the FTN are:

• the Starčevo–Kőrös–Criș culture, encompassing:

• the Starčevo culture, c. 6200–5200 BCE, western Bulgaria, Serbia, Bosnia, eastern Croatia and western Hungary;

• the Kőrös culture, c. 6400–5100 BCE, eastern Hungary;

• the Criş culture, c. 6400–5200 BCE, Romania;
• the Karanovo I/II culture, c. 6300–5100 BCE, central and southern Bulgaria;
• the Macedonian First Neolithic, c. 6600–5300 BCE, North Macedonia;
• the Poljanica group, c. 6300–5200 BCE, northeast Bulgaria;
• the West Bulgarian Painted Ware culture, c. 6200–5200 BCE, western Bulgaria.
• the Vinča culture, c. 5400–4500 BC, Serbia and near countries

See also

• Old Europe (archaeology)

Notes and References

1. Book: Chapman, John . Fragmentation in Archaeology: People, Places, and Broken Objects . 2000 . Routledge . London . 978-0-415-15803-9 . 236.
2. Nandris. John. The Development and Relationships of the Earlier Greek Neolithic. Man. June 1970. 5. New Series. 2. 192–213. 10.2307/2799647 . 2799647.