page_title: Horgen culture
section_title: Traits
hierarchical_section_title: Horgen culture / Traits
caption_attribution_description: Archäologie im Parkhaus Opèra, Sechseläutenplatz in Zürich (Switzerland)
context_page_description: The Horgen culture is one of several archaeological cultures belonging to the Neolithic period of Switzerland. The Horgen culture may derive from the Pfyn culture and early Horgen pottery is similar to the earlier Cortaillod culture pottery of Twann, Switzerland. It is named for one of the principal sites, in Horgen, Switzerland.
context_section_description: There were three phases of pottery; early, middle and late.  The early pottery exhibits an affinity with the Pfyn and maybe the Cortaillod at Twann, Switzerland.  The spindle whorls on the pottery may indicate connections to the southern Funnelbeaker culture and early Baden culture.  The middle phase (found at Naschdorf-Strandbad, Lake Constance and Dullenried, Federsee) may be influenced by more westerly traditions.  The final Horgen phase exhibits similarities to the Burgerroth, Wartberg, and Goldberg III cultures.
  The pottery was less refined and decorated than the earlier Cortaillod culture.  However, the flint industry was well developed and produced elegant stone tools.
  Pigs became increasingly important during the Horgen era.  Pig bones were the most common bones found in the village midden heaps, accounting for up to 70% of all bones.
caption: Horgen culture ceramic, found at Sechseläutenplatz, Zürich, Grabung Parkhaus Opéra
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