Chronology or Not Chronology, That Is the Question. Synthetic Analysis of the LBK Bone Assemblage from Germany to the Paris Basin

Abstract : The study of Linear Pottery Culture (LBK) bone series from Baden-Württemberg to the Paris Basin has made it possible to highlight interregional, regional, and intra-site ruptures and continuities that refer to the chronology –but not only this – which presents a new problem on the scale of the LBK. A first rupture, which concerns the evolution over time of the nature of the assemblages, and of the technical and functional practices associated with them, is clearly chronological. Regionalisation emerged in parallel as early as the middle stage and increased after the end of the LBK. .