Mondsee (culture)

Mondsee culture - archaeological culture of the Late Neolithic - Chalcolithic , about 3600-3300. BC e. It existed on the territory of modern Austria in the north of the Alps. It is named after the first finds that were discovered in Lake Mondsee . These were stilt houses, as well as stone tools and pottery.

The Mondsee culture had typical ceramics - jugs with a handle decorated with deep notches that were filled with calcareous inlay ^[1] . A similar method of decoration was found on square-necked vessels in northern Italy.

Copper products indicate that people of Mondsee culture were familiar with metalworking.

Around 3200 BC e. the settlements of this culture, like the culture itself, suddenly disappear, and the area of ​​its distribution remains uninhabited for the next thousand years. The reason remains unknown; perhaps it was a natural disaster (tsunami on the lake as a result of an earthquake).

A. L. Mongait united the Mondsee culture with the Vuchedol culture.