Bandkeramik

[ bahnt-key-rah-mik ]

noun

1. the pottery of the early Neolithic Danubian culture of Europe, having characteristic parallel spiral lines over the body and neck of the gourdlike vessels and dated 5000–4000 b.c.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Bandkeramik¹

From German, dating back to 1920–25; band ², ceramic

Example Sentences

We can trace our Bandkeramik and Schnurkeramik and Urfirnissmalerei and all that sort of technological idiom, across the map, as we can trace the centum and satem languages.

From Project Gutenberg