And "lost" here means "unknown to the editors of NY Times". I remember studying about the Cucuteni culture in the 5th grade.<p>Here is a link with more info on it:
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucuteni-Trypillian_culture" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucuteni-Trypillian_culture</a>