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Kakanj culture was the first Neolithic culture of Old Europe. It appeared in Central Bosnia's town of Kakanj and covered periods dated from 6795–4900 BC.Vander Linden, M., Pandžić, I., Orton, D. (2022) New radiocarbon dates for the Neolithic period in Bosnia & Herzegovina. Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Godišnjak Centra za balkanološka Ispitivanja (43) 7–34 (pdf)
The new dating made the culture's eponymous town of Kakanj the Europe's oldest continuously inhabitted settlement.
Central Bosnia was later populated by other cultures, like the Starčevo. They are all based in a unique culture that is known as the Kakanj culture, as the first findings were at a site in the Obre settlement of Kakanj.
Other known locations of the European original culture are sited at: Kakanj – Plandište, Papratnica; Visoko – Arnautovići, Okolište, and Tuk near Zavidovići. The Kakanj culture had strong influence on the development of the Butmir culture.
In what is now an obsolete view, Marija Gimbutas regarded the Kakanj culture as a local variant of the Starčevo, with elements of the Danilo culture group. The new dating has switched the chronology, making Kakanj the Europe's first culture.
The pottery was versatile, coarse, and monochrome. The surface of the monochrome ceramics was well polished, as is in Butmir culture.
The shapes included vessels with tall hollow conical stems, alongside bowls with thicker rims and 4-foot . Plastic was poorly represented.
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