Group
Michelsberg Culture
The Michelsberg culture is an important Neolithic culture in Central Europe.
Its dates are ca 4400-3500 BCE.
Its conventional name is derived from that of an important excavated site on Michelsberg (or Michaelsberg) hill near Untergrombach, between Karlsruhe and Heidelberg (Baden-Württemberg).
Its distribution covered much of West Central Europe, along both sides of the Rhine.
A detailed chronology, based on pottery, was produced in the 1960s by the German archaeologist Jens Lüning.