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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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 ⓘ
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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Referenced by (34)

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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