Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lbk

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.46 in modern English

Syllables: lbk
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Linear Pottery culture.

Example Sentences

"A number of authors have pointed out that while these pots are dissimilar from LBK wares, they may have a generalised affinity with the Cardial pottery of the Mediterranean (Lüning et al. 1989)."
"1996 [Routledge], I. J. Thorpe, The Origins of Agriculture in Europe, 2005, Taylor & Francis e-Library, page 41, The LBK was succeeded by a variety of regional pottery traditions (Bogucki and Grygiel 1993)."
"However, in the northern areas and in central Europe sedentary life can be linked to the central European Linear Pottery culture (LBK), emerging around 5550 cal BC (Bánffy and Oross 2010, pp. 260–268). The LBK longhouse of the Neolithic evolved south of the upper reaches of the Danube and spread to Austria, Moravia, Bohemia, Poland and Germany in its fully developed form with the earliest LBK groups."

Etymology

From German LBK, from Linearbandkeramische or Linienbandkeramische (used alongside Kultur).

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: LBK

Phrases

Early Linear Pottery culture Western Linear Pottery culture

Frequently Paired Words

Early Linear Pottery culture Western Linear Pottery culture

Synonyms

Linear Pottery culture

Questions

What does lbk mean?: Linear Pottery culture.
Where does lbk come from?: It is traced to German.

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