Starčevo culture
| Horizon | First Temperate Neolithic, Old Europe |
|---|---|
| Period | Neolithic Europe |
| Dates | circa 6,200 B.C.E. — circa 4,500 B.C.E. |
| Type site | Starčevo site |
| Preceded by | Iron Gates culture, Lepenski Vir culture, Sesklo culture, Neolithic Greece |
| Followed by | Karanovo culture, Vinča culture, Tisza culture, Hamangia culture, Gumelnița culture, Kakanj culture, Sopot culture, Linear Pottery culture, Cardial culture |
The Starčevo culture is an archaeological culture of Southeastern Europe, dating to the Neolithic period between c. 6200 and 4500 BCE. It originates in the spread of the Neolithic package of peoples and technological innovations including farming and ceramics from Anatolia to the area of Sesklo. The Starčevo culture marks its spread to the inland Balkan peninsula as the Cardial ware culture did along the Adriatic coastline. It forms part of the wider Starčevo–Körös–Criş culture which gave rise to the central European Linear Pottery culture c. 700 years after the initial spread of Neolithic farmers towards the northern Balkans.
The Starčevo site, the type site, is located on the north bank of the Danube near the village of Starčevo in Serbia (Vojvodina province), opposite Belgrade.