Netherlands - Funnel beaker
The funnel beaker is probably the most famous type of pottery produced by the Neolithic early farming society from the TRB-West Group (3400-2900 BC). The shape is very characteristic: a flaring neck, a pronounced shoulder, a more or less round belly and a small, flat base. Many examples have an undecorated neck, although decorations in small blocks of horizontal and vertical lines or zigzag-lines do occur. The transition from the neck to the shoulder is often accentuated by a horizontal or small zigzag-line. The belly is practically always decorated with vertical lines, consisting of a groove- or 'Tiefstich'-technique.
Funnel beakers appear in many different sizes. Their function is related to storing, serving and drinking of liquid substances. The small funnel beakers may have served as drinking vessels, whereas the bigger ones could have served as containers. The pronounced shoulders may well have helped to refrain solid substances from having mixed with the liquid while pouring out the fluid substance.
This type of pottery seems to have been produced during the largest part of the TRB-West Group. Their value for typo-chronology and/or dating the TRB-culture is restricted because of the uniform shape and decoration.
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