ABSTRACT
Early Neolithic Linear bandkeramik (LBK) groups entered the territory of Slovakia from the south via the adjacent, Hungarian plains over and along the Danube and Tisza rivers. This chapter discusses early farming sites in Slovakia and connected with the most fertile regions of the southwestern and southeastern or eastern lowland zones, which are a part of the larger system of inner Carpathian basins. The middle Neolithic period in Slovakia is characterised by the evolution of: the Linear Pottery culture and the appearance of the so called Notenkopfkeramik in the west and, later, the eastern Linear Pottery culture in the east. The late Neolithic in the western part of Slovakia is associated with the Lengyel culture complex which, as it developed, spread from the core area of southern Hungary, southwest Slovakia, and northwest, Austria as far as Poland, Bohemia and Germany. The Aeneolithic period characterized by the production of new ceramic forms and ornamentation connected with the spread of copper artefacts.
