‖ Bandkeramik Archæol.
(ˈbantkɛˌramɪk)
Also band ceramic.
[G. (F. Klopfleisch 1883, in Vorgeschichtliche Alterthümer der Provinz Sachsen 1. 92).]
A type of neolithic pottery with banded decoration. Also attrib.
| 1921 J. M. Tyler New Stone Age North. Europe vii. 155 The pottery of northern Europe can be distributed into a few groups or general types..1. Banded pottery..Bandkeramik. 1936 Discovery Sept. 289/1 The pottery is similar to the ‘band ceramic’ of central Europe. 1940 C. F. C. Hawkes Prehist. Found. Europe iv. 117 The great settlement of Lindenthal near Cologne, in which the whole history of the Bandkeramik culture in this far north-western region has been exposed in detail. 1953 J. Procházka tr. Hrozn{yacu}'s Anc. Hist. W. Asia, India & Crete xvii. 220 The Illyrian and Thracian peoples are responsible for the band ceramics. |