| Summary: | The paper is focused on the period of cultural change at the turn of 6th and 5th millennia BC, when
the uniform Linear Pottery Culture (LBK) occupying an extensive area disintegrated in several local groups
or cultures, including the Stroked Pottery Culture (SBK) emerging in the regions of Bohemia and Saxony. The
data comprising pottery, animal bones, lithics, as well as architectural attributes from Hrdlovka site, situated
in northwest Bohemia, are presented. In accordance with the sites of Hrbovice-Chabařovice and Dresden-
Prohlis a rather uninterrupted LBK/SBK transition has been observed, which contrasts with the image of
“LBK crisis” observed in other regions. Lithics production and distribution networks of raw material seem
to be stable. The change in stockkeeping strategies correlating with the transitional period are considered
rather as modification of local environmental conditions. On the level of households, a similar architectural
development has been documented at the Hrdlovka and Dresden-Prohlis sites. The processes of LBK/SBK
transition in terms of cultural change are also discussed.
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