Pottery, cultures, people? The European Baden material re-examined
Furholt M.
Antiquity. — 2008. — No 82 — pp. 617–628.The Baden culture, like others in central Europe, has long been assumed to be the material indication of a people. In a searing analytical deconstruction, the author shows that ‘Baden’ pottery has no equivalence with other cultural practices, and is itself an amalgam of a number of different pottery fabrics and styles, many of them regionally diverse. Singled out among them is the early Borel´az fine ware which is actively spread in central Europe, perhaps accompanied by a knowledge of the first wheeled vehicles.