One of the largest Neolithic/Chalcolithic cultures of prehistoric Europe, known for its painted pottery, spiral symbolism, and remarkable mega-sites in the forest-steppe zone of present-day Moldova, Ukraine, and Romania.
Declined and disappeared as a distinct material culture by approximately 2750 BCE, with the collapse attributed to a combination of climate-driven drought and the westward expansion of Kurgan (Yamnaya) steppe peoples around 3000–2800 BCE.
Dedicated academic volume on the Trypillia (Cucuteni) mega-sites, covering settlement archaeology and social organisation of this culture.
Context for the Chalcolithic 'Old Europe' cultures of the Danube and steppe.