LBK Dialogues: Studies in the formation of the Linear Pottery Culture

These fifteen papers originated at the Origins of LBK symposium held at the 8th Meeting of the EAA in Thessaloniki in Greece in 2002. Their aim is to summarise recent developments in research and fieldwork in order to encourage debate surrounding the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in eastern Europe. The contributions are divided into three sections which look at theoretical approaches to the LBK, problems of chronology and defining characteristics of the LBK, and life and times in the early LBK. This last section includes papers on zooarchaeology, landscape and settlements, the bone industry and symbolic objects. The papers cover evidence from across central and eastern Europe including the Balkans, Slovakia, Bohemia, Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic, and include case studies and synthetic discussions.