Swifterbant culture
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Swifterbant culture - neolithic archaeological culture of Bronze Age in the Netherlands dated to between 4900 and 3400 BC.
In the 60's and 70's in the (now dry) Noordoostpolder in the Netherlands, near the village Swifterbant and the former island of Urk were found artfacts classified as Swifterbant culture. It is closely related to Ertebelle culture.
It shows a transition from hunter-gatherer to cattle farming around 4800-4500 BC, primarily cows and pigs.
It seems likely there was a large influence from nearby Linear Pottery culture settlements in Limburg. Like the Ertebølle culture, they lived near open water, in this case creeks, riverdunes and bogs along post-glacial banks of the the Overijsselse Vecht.
