Pre-Pottery Neolithic

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Neolithic period archaeological culture cultural phase

The Pre-Pottery Neolithic was an early Neolithic cultural phase in the Near East marked by the emergence of settled farming communities, monumental architecture, and sophisticated stone tool industries before the widespread use of pottery.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B 3
Pre-Pottery Neolithic A 2
Near Eastern Neolithic 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Neolithic period ⓘ
archaeological culture ⓘ
cultural phase ⓘ
characterizedBy absence of pottery ⓘ
ancestor veneration ⓘ
communal buildings ⓘ
domestication of animals ⓘ
domestication of plants ⓘ
early village life ⓘ
emergence of agriculture ⓘ
ground stone tools ⓘ
increased social complexity ⓘ
lime plaster technology ⓘ
monumental architecture ⓘ
naviform core technology ⓘ
permanent settlements ⓘ
plastered floors ⓘ
plastered human skulls ⓘ
projectile points ⓘ
rectangular architecture ⓘ
ritual architecture ⓘ
sophisticated stone tool industries ⓘ
chronologicallyFollows Epipalaeolithic NERFINISHED ⓘ
chronologicallyPrecedes Pottery Neolithic NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime c. 6500 BCE ⓘ
follows Natufian culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasImportantSite Abu Hureyra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ain Ghazal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Beidha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Göbekli Tepe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jericho NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kfar HaHoresh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mureybet NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nevalı Çori NERFINISHED ⓘ
Çatalhöyük (early levels) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Çayönü NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart Pre-Pottery Neolithic A NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pre-Pottery Neolithic C NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cyprus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ
Near East NERFINISHED ⓘ
Upper Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Neolithic Near East NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime c. 10,000 BCE ⓘ
uses microlithic tools ⓘ
milling stones ⓘ
sickle blades ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gobekli Tepe → culture → Pre-Pottery Neolithic ⓘ
subject surface form: Göbekli Tepe
Gobekli Tepe → period → Pre-Pottery Neolithic ⓘ
subject surface form: Göbekli Tepe
this entity surface form: Pre-Pottery Neolithic A
Gobekli Tepe → period → Pre-Pottery Neolithic ⓘ
subject surface form: Göbekli Tepe
this entity surface form: Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
Tell es-Sultan → hasPeriod → Pre-Pottery Neolithic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pre-Pottery Neolithic A
Tell es-Sultan → hasPeriod → Pre-Pottery Neolithic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
Neolithic Aegean → hasCulturalInfluenceFrom → Pre-Pottery Neolithic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Near Eastern Neolithic
Ain Ghazal statues → culture → Pre-Pottery Neolithic ⓘ
Ain Ghazal statues → culture → Pre-Pottery Neolithic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
Çatalhöyük → period → Pre-Pottery Neolithic ⓘ
Çatalhöyük → partOf → Pre-Pottery Neolithic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Neolithic Near East
Jarmo → culture → Pre-Pottery Neolithic ⓘ
Abu Hureyra → culture → Pre-Pottery Neolithic ⓘ
Abu Hureyra → hasPhase → Pre-Pottery Neolithic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pre-Pottery Neolithic A occupation
Abu Hureyra → hasPhase → Pre-Pottery Neolithic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pre-Pottery Neolithic B occupation