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LBK

LBK proper noun: linear Pottery culture.

Proper noun

LBK

  1. (attributive, often) Linear Pottery culture.
    • A number of authors have pointed out that while these pots are dissimilar from LBK wares, they may have a generalised affinity with the Cardial pottery of the Mediterranean (Lüning et al. 1989).1996, Julian Thomas, Time, Culture, and Identity: An Interpretative Archaeology, Routledge, page 114
    • 1996 [Routledge], I. J. Thorpe, The Origins of Agriculture in Europe, 2005, Taylor & Francis e-Library, page 41,
      The LBK was succeeded by a variety of regional pottery traditions (Bogucki and Grygiel 1993).
    Synonyms:
    Linear Pottery culture

Synonyms of LBK

  • Linear Pottery culture

Origin of LBK

From German LBK, from Linearbandkeramische or Linienbandkeramische (used alongside Kultur).

Questions about LBK

What does LBK mean?
LBK means linear Pottery culture.
What part of speech is LBK?
LBK is a proper noun.

Words near LBK in the dictionary

  1. LBH
  2. Lbhalla
  3. LBHs
  4. LBJ
  5. LBJs
  6. LBK
  7. LBL
  8. LBLs
  9. lbm
  10. LBMA
  11. LBMs

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