Tulip cup (Michelsberg culture)
Along with baking plates, tulip cups are the most characteristic form of the early Neolithic Michelsberg culture . The shape of the cups is reminiscent of the calyx of a tulip.
The so-called bag cups represent an early form , the transitions to the actual tulip cup are fluid. The classic tulip cup has a round bottom and a funnel-shaped rim. Late forms are very slender and have a bulbous lower part and a strongly protruding edge. Bagged cups and cups with flat bottoms are special forms.
The color spectrum of the ceramic ranges from yellowish-gray to brown to black. Decoration occurs very rarely and includes knobs on the lower part and rows of stitches on the rim of the vessel.
The frequency of tulip cups varies greatly from region to region. While they are among the most characteristic vessel types in the distribution area of the main group of the Michelsberg culture, they are rarely found in the central German distribution area.
literature
- Jens Lüning : The Michelsberg culture. Your finds in time and space . In: Report of the Roman-Germanic Commission 48, 1967, pp. 1–350.
- Joachim Preuss (Ed.): The Neolithic in Central Europe. Cultures - Economy - Environment from the 6th to 3rd millennium BC Overviews of the state of research . Volume 2. Verlag Beier & Beran, Weißbach 1999, ISBN 3-930036-10-X , pp. 72-74.
- Torsten Schunke: Michelsberger Culture (MK) . In: Hans-Jürgen Beier, Ralph Einicke (Hrsg.): The Neolithic in the Middle Elbe-Saale area and in the Altmark. An overview and an outline of the state of research . Verlag Beier & Beran, Wilkau-Haßlau 1994, ISBN 3-930036-05-3 , p. 130.