Prehistory of Southeastern Europe - Neolithic

Neolithic

(6,600 – 3,500 BC)
See also: Neolithic Europe and Neolithic Transylvania

The Balkans were the site of major Neolithic cultures, including Vincha, Varna, Karanovo, Hamangia.

The Vinča culture was an early culture of the Balkans (between the 6th and the 3rd millennium BC), stretching around the course of the Danube in Serbia, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Kosovo, Albania the Republic of Macedonia, although traces of it can be found all around the Balkans, parts of Central Europe and Asia Minor.

"Kurganization" of the eastern Balkans (and the Cucuteni-Trypillian culture adjacent to the north) during the Eneolithic is associated with a first expansion of Proto-Indo-Europeans.

  • Starčevo-Criş culture
  • Dudeşti culture
  • Cucuteni-Trypillian culture
  • Hamangia culture
  • Vinča culture
  • Varna culture
  • Tărtăria tablets
  • Indo-Europeans

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