Emily Chan
The ceramics were used for cooking, serving food, and storing goods. The archaeologists also found tools like stone grinders, sharpened axes, and flint blades.
The settlement was situated on a plain between two streams. It is unclear exactly how many people were part of the community, but the population number may have been somewhere in the low teens, according to Pilař.
The Neolithic inhabitants grew plants and raised cattle to feed themselves. They also practiced hunting and gathering.
They represented some of the first farmers in the area now known as the Czech Republic. These people arrived in the territory from the Balkans region in southeastern Europe.
Experts refer to early Neolithic communities in this area as the “Linear Pottery Culture.” These communities had similar pottery, settlements, and burial practices.
However, there is little to no information on their language or identity, so they cannot be associated with a particular cultural or ethnic group.
