Körös culture

Körös culture
HorizonFirst Temperate Neolithic, Old Europe
PeriodNeolithic
Datescirca 5,800 B.C.E. — circa 5,300 B.C.E.
Preceded byStarčevo culture, Mesolithic Europe
Followed byLinear Pottery culture
Neolithic Venus figurine, produced by the Körös culture. Found in Méhtelek, Hungary

The Körös culture is a Neolithic archaeological culture in Central Europe that was named after the river Körös in Hungary, hence the name Körös culture. The two variants of the river name are used for the same archaeological culture in different regions: The Körös culture in Hungary and the Criș culture in Romania. The Körös culture survived from about 5800 to 5300 BC. It is related to the neighboring Starčevo culture and is included within a larger grouping known as the Starčevo–Körös–Criş culture.[1]

Genetics

In a 2017 genetic study published in Nature, the remains of six individuals ascribed to the Körös culture was analyzed. Of the two samples of Y-DNA extracted, one belonged to I2a2, and one belonged to G. Of the six samples of mtDNA extracted, five were subclades of K1, and one was a sample of H.[2][3]

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