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Impresso complex
Neolithic culture, Europe
Impresso complex, early Neolithic culture that flourished along the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea. The culture, which had an agricultural economy, is characterized by grit-tempered wares, impressed with shells or with stabbing tools, and represents part of a widely dispersed Mediterranean complex.
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