Gumelnița culture

Gumelnița culture
HorizonOld Europe
PeriodNeolithic, Chalcolithic
Datesc. 4700 BC – c. 3950 BC
Preceded byBoian culture, Karanovo culture
Followed byVarna culture, Cernavodă culture

The Gumelniţa culture was a Chalcolithic culture of the 5th millennium BC (c. 4700–4000 BC), named after the Gumelniţa site on the left (Romanian) bank of the Danube.