Pre-Pottery Neolithic A period

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Pre-Pottery_Neolithic_A_period
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:artifacts
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:PPNA
gptkbp:artifactsFound bone tools
stone figurines
gptkbp:burialPractice intramural burials
gptkbp:characterizedBy early agriculture
absence of pottery
circular mud-brick houses
sedentary villages
gptkbp:chronology after Natufian culture
before Pre-Pottery Neolithic B period
gptkbp:climate gptkb:early_Holocene
gptkbp:endDate c. 8,800 BCE
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pre-Pottery Neolithic A period
gptkbp:notableSite gptkb:Jericho
gptkb:Ain_Mallaha
gptkb:Mureybit
gptkb:Netiv_Hagdud
gptkb:Göbekli_Tepe
Dhra'
gptkbp:region gptkb:Anatolia
gptkb:Levant
gptkb:Upper_Mesopotamia
gptkbp:significance development of permanent settlements
transition to agriculture
gptkbp:startDate c. 10,000 BCE
gptkbp:subsistence gathering wild plants
cultivation of barley
cultivation of wheat
hunting wild animals
gptkbp:uses flint blades
grinding stones
microliths
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Walls_of_Jericho
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4