“Notenkopf” decoration plays an important role in the typology of the Linear Pottery culture (LBK) in Central Europe. Summing up the distribution of LBK-decorated pottery, it can be traced as far as the Black Sea coastline. Although this pottery is absent south of the Danube Plain, similar decorations appear in Thrace and in Anatolia. Especially the site Yarımburgaz Cave in Thrace became a synonym for this type of decoration. The pottery documented from layer 3 is incised with curvilinear lines and indicates important parallels with LBK decorations. Finds from Yenikapı (İstanbul) show similarities with the Yarımburgaz material. In addition to these coastal sites in the Marmara Region, similar decorations have been reported from Eskişehir/Porsuk Region and Central Anatolia.

Researchers have discussed these areas for a long time and tried to link them through a corridor along the Black Sea coastline. Reevaluating this approach, the presentation will concentrate on the chronological development and spatial distribution of “Notenkopf”-like decorations in Anatolia and the Eastern Balkan.