The Origin, Development and Decline of Lengyel Culture Figurative Finds
The Lengyel culture (4800–4100 calBC), covering Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary, is a hotspot for figurative finds, with especially high numbers occurring in Lower Austria, Moravia and Transdanubia. After the end of the Linear Pottery Culture, anthropomorphic and zoomorphic...
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| description | The Lengyel culture (4800–4100 calBC), covering Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary, is a hotspot for figurative finds, with especially high numbers occurring in Lower Austria, Moravia and Transdanubia. After the end of the Linear Pottery Culture, anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figurines, vessels and applications appear in huge numbers, which is in stark contrast to post-LBK phenomena further to the west, like Hinkelstein–Großgartach–Rössen and the Stroked Pottery Culture (SBK), where such finds are very rare. However, a more fine-grained analysis of the Lengyel culture figurative objects shows that they are not distributed evenly in the course of time. Rather, they appear in large numbers in the first 200 years of this cultural phenomenon and disappear almost completely after 4500/4300 calBC. The article aims to outline the origin, rise and decline of these objects and offers possible explanations for their appearance and fading, which may be related to larger societal changes. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1e1b0583e35a46209801a4e7e38b626b2025-08-20T03:44:00ZengDe GruyterOpen Archaeology2300-65602025-08-01111254510.1515/opar-2025-0050The Origin, Development and Decline of Lengyel Culture Figurative FindsBecker Valeska0Saxo Institute, Copenhagen University, Karen Blixens Plads 8, 2300, København S, DenmarkThe Lengyel culture (4800–4100 calBC), covering Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary, is a hotspot for figurative finds, with especially high numbers occurring in Lower Austria, Moravia and Transdanubia. After the end of the Linear Pottery Culture, anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figurines, vessels and applications appear in huge numbers, which is in stark contrast to post-LBK phenomena further to the west, like Hinkelstein–Großgartach–Rössen and the Stroked Pottery Culture (SBK), where such finds are very rare. However, a more fine-grained analysis of the Lengyel culture figurative objects shows that they are not distributed evenly in the course of time. Rather, they appear in large numbers in the first 200 years of this cultural phenomenon and disappear almost completely after 4500/4300 calBC. The article aims to outline the origin, rise and decline of these objects and offers possible explanations for their appearance and fading, which may be related to larger societal changes.https://doi.org/10.1515/opar-2025-0050lengyel cultureneolithicfigurinesepilengyelcopper age |
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| title | The Origin, Development and Decline of Lengyel Culture Figurative Finds |
| title_full | The Origin, Development and Decline of Lengyel Culture Figurative Finds |
| title_fullStr | The Origin, Development and Decline of Lengyel Culture Figurative Finds |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Origin, Development and Decline of Lengyel Culture Figurative Finds |
| title_short | The Origin, Development and Decline of Lengyel Culture Figurative Finds |
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| topic | lengyel culture neolithic figurines epilengyel copper age |
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