Pre-Pottery Neolithic

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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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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
linked to: Mesolithic period
chronologicallyPrecedes Pottery Neolithic
endTime c. 6500 BCE
follows Natufian culture
hasImportantSite Abu Hureyra
Ain Ghazal
Beidha
Göbekli Tepe
linked to: Gobekli Tepe

Jericho
Kfar HaHoresh
Mureybet
Nevalı Çori
Çatalhöyük (early levels)
linked to: Çatalhöyük

Çayönü
hasPart Pre-Pottery Neolithic A
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
Pre-Pottery Neolithic C
locatedIn Anatolia
Cyprus
Levant
linked to: Levant region

Near East
linked to: Middle East

Upper Mesopotamia
partOf Neolithic Near East
startTime c. 10,000 BCE
uses microlithic tools
milling stones
sickle blades

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Göbekli Tepe culture Pre-Pottery Neolithic
subject linked to: Gobekli Tepe
Göbekli Tepe period Pre-Pottery Neolithic A
subject linked to: Gobekli Tepe
linked to: Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Göbekli Tepe period Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
subject linked to: Gobekli Tepe
linked to: Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Tell es-Sultan hasPeriod Pre-Pottery Neolithic A
linked to: Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Tell es-Sultan hasPeriod Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
linked to: Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Neolithic Aegean hasCulturalInfluenceFrom Near Eastern Neolithic
linked to: Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Ain Ghazal statues culture Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Ain Ghazal statues culture Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
linked to: Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Çatalhöyük period Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Çatalhöyük partOf Neolithic Near East
linked to: Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Jarmo culture Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Abu Hureyra culture Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Abu Hureyra hasPhase Pre-Pottery Neolithic A occupation
linked to: Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Abu Hureyra hasPhase Pre-Pottery Neolithic B occupation
linked to: Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Tell Sabi Abyad culture Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
linked to: Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Pre-Pottery Neolithic partOf Neolithic Near East
linked to: Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Pre-Pottery Neolithic hasPart Pre-Pottery Neolithic A
linked to: Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Pre-Pottery Neolithic hasPart Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
linked to: Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Pre-Pottery Neolithic hasPart Pre-Pottery Neolithic C
linked to: Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Şanlıurfa Museum focusesOnPeriod Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Göbekli Tepe estimatedConstructionPeriod Pre-Pottery Neolithic A
subject linked to: “Potbelly Hill” in Turkish
linked to: Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Göbekli Tepe estimatedConstructionPeriod Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
subject linked to: “Potbelly Hill” in Turkish
linked to: Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Göbekli Tepe culture Pre-Pottery Neolithic
subject linked to: “Potbelly Hill” in Turkish
Tell Sultan hasArchaeologicalPeriod Pre-Pottery Neolithic A
linked to: Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Tell Sultan hasArchaeologicalPeriod Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
linked to: Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Natufian culture followedBy Pre-Pottery Neolithic A
linked to: Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Natufian culture followedBy Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
linked to: Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Near Eastern archaeology timePeriodStudied Neolithic Near East
linked to: Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Çayönü locatedInTimePeriod Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Çayönü hasArchaeologicalCulture Pre-Pottery Neolithic A
linked to: Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Çayönü hasArchaeologicalCulture Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
linked to: Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Anatolian Neolithic hasPart Pre-Pottery Neolithic in Anatolia
linked to: Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Anatolian Neolithic temporalOverlapWith Levantine Neolithic
linked to: Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Anatolian Neolithic temporalOverlapWith Mesopotamian Neolithic
linked to: Pre-Pottery Neolithic