Körös culture

See also: Old Europe (archaeology)

The Körös culture/Criș culture is a Neolithic archaeological culture in Central Europe that was named after the river Körös in eastern Hungary. The same river has the name Criș in Romania, hence the name Criş culture. The two variants of the river name are used for the same archaeological culture in the two regions. The Criș 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]

Körös culture

Horizon	First Temperate Neolithic, Old Europe
Period	Neolithic
Dates	circa 5,800 B.C.E. — circa 5,300 B.C.E.
Preceded by	Starčevo culture, Mesolithic Europe
Followed by	Linear Pottery culture

Neolithic Venus figurine, produced by the Körös/Criş culture. Found in Méhtelek, Hungary

Genetics

Further information: Baden culture § Genetics, Globular Amphora culture § Genetics, Funnelbeaker culture § Genetics, and Cucuteni–Trypillia culture § Archaeogenetics

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]

See also

• Starčevo–Kőrös–Criș culture
• Starčevo culture