WHAT IS THE GLOBULAR AMPHORA?

Bulbous pots with a narrow neck and perforated lugs or small handles for suspension. Cord impressed decoration is usual. A type of pottery vessel that has given its name to a Late Neolithic

or Copper Age culture of the 3rd millennium bc through much of Germany, Poland, and western Russia. It appeared with the eastern wing of the European Funnel-necked beaker culture, differentiated from the western part. Some examples are undecorated, while others have incised, stamped, or cord-impressed ornament on the upper part of the vessel. There are individual burials in stone cists under barrows, accompanied by the globular amphora. The culture is closely linked to the TRB culture and may be a parallel development to the Single Grave/Corded ware group in Scandinavia of 2600–2200 bc.