Neolithic period

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The Neolithic period was a prehistoric era marked by the development of agriculture, permanent settlements, and polished stone tools, laying the foundations for early human civilizations.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Neolithic period canonical 10
Neolithic 5
Early Neolithic 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (71)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological culture period ⓘ
archaeological era ⓘ
prehistoric period ⓘ
alsoKnownAs New Stone Age ⓘ
linked to: Neolithic period
associatedWith Neolithic Revolution ⓘ
development of ritual and religious structures ⓘ
early forms of proto-urban settlements ⓘ
emergence of social stratification ⓘ
increase in population density ⓘ
long-distance exchange networks ⓘ
transition from foraging to farming ⓘ
characterizedBy construction of megalithic monuments ⓘ
development of agriculture ⓘ
domestication of animals ⓘ
domestication of plants ⓘ
emergence of craft specialization ⓘ
food production economy ⓘ
ground stone tools ⓘ
increased social complexity ⓘ
permanent settlements ⓘ
polished stone tools ⓘ
pottery production ⓘ
sedentary lifestyle ⓘ
storage of surplus food ⓘ
use of ground and polished axes ⓘ
village communities ⓘ
weaving and textiles ⓘ
endTime between c. 4500 and 2000 BCE depending on region ⓘ
fieldOfStudy anthropology ⓘ
archaeology ⓘ
prehistory ⓘ
follows Mesolithic period ⓘ
hasKeyInnovation animal husbandry ⓘ
ceramic technology ⓘ
domestication of cattle ⓘ
domestication of cereals such as wheat and barley ⓘ
domestication of goats ⓘ
domestication of legumes ⓘ
domestication of pigs ⓘ
domestication of sheep ⓘ
ground stone sickles ⓘ
irrigation beginnings ⓘ
permanent architecture ⓘ
plant cultivation ⓘ
plastered floors and walls ⓘ
storage pits and granaries ⓘ
hasNotableCulture Cardial Ware culture ⓘ
Jomon culture ⓘ
linked to: Jōmon period

Linear Pottery culture ⓘ
Natufian culture ⓘ
Yangshao culture ⓘ
hasNotableSite Ain Ghazal ⓘ
Banpo ⓘ
Göbekli Tepe ⓘ
linked to: Gobekli Tepe

Jarmo ⓘ
Jericho ⓘ
Mehrgarh ⓘ
Skara Brae ⓘ
Çatalhöyük ⓘ
originatedIn Fertile Crescent ⓘ
partOf Stone Age ⓘ
precedes Bronze Age ⓘ
Chalcolithic period ⓘ
linked to: Copper Age
spreadTo Andean region ⓘ
East Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
Mesoamerica ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
Sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ
startTime c. 10,000 BCE in the Near East ⓘ

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Referenced by (19)

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

Plovdiv → foundedInPeriod → Neolithic period ⓘ
Tara → timePeriod → Neolithic period ⓘ
Capra aegagrus → domesticationEvent → Neolithic period ⓘ
Nordic Bronze Age → follows → Nordic Stone Age ⓘ
linked to: Neolithic period
Durrington Walls → era → Neolithic period ⓘ
Carnac → heritagePeriod → Neolithic ⓘ
linked to: Neolithic period
Hunt Museum → collectionPeriod → Neolithic period ⓘ
Mesolithic period → precedes → Neolithic period ⓘ
The Dawn of European Civilization → timePeriodCovered → Neolithic ⓘ
linked to: Neolithic period
What Happened in History → coversPeriod → Neolithic ⓘ
linked to: Neolithic period
Hetian jade → historicalUseSince → Neolithic period ⓘ
warp-weighted loom → timePeriodUsed → Neolithic period ⓘ
Byblos → hasArchaeologicalLayer → Neolithic period ⓘ
Chinese art → developedDuring → Neolithic period in China ⓘ
linked to: Neolithic period
Neolithic period → alsoKnownAs → New Stone Age ⓘ
linked to: Neolithic period
Anatolian Plateau → hasBeenInhabitedSince → Neolithic period ⓘ
Sesklo → period → Early Neolithic ⓘ
linked to: Neolithic period
Federsee → hasArchaeologicalPeriod → Neolithic ⓘ
linked to: Neolithic period
Dubhadh → hasCulturalPeriod → Neolithic ⓘ
linked to: Neolithic period