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Late Neolithic
Later part of the Neolithic period in Southwest Asia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the later part of the Neolithic period in Southwest Asia. For other regions, see Neolithic.
In the archaeology of Southwest Asia, the Late Neolithic, also known as the Ceramic Neolithic or Pottery Neolithic, is the final part of the Neolithic period, following on from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic and preceding the Chalcolithic. It is sometimes further divided into Pottery Neolithic A (PNA) and Pottery Neolithic B (PNB) phases.[1]
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![]() After the initial Pre-Pottery Neolithic phase from northwestern Mesopotamia to Jarmo (red dots, circa 7500 BCE), the Pottery Neolithic culture of Mesopotamia in the 7th–5th millennium BCE was centered around the Hassuna culture in the north, the Halaf culture in the northwest, the Samarra culture in central Mesopotamia and the Ubaid culture in the southeast, which later expanded to encompass the whole region. | |
Geographical range | Old World |
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Period | Pottery Neolithic |
Dates | c. 6,400–3,500 BCE |
Preceded by | Pre-Pottery Neolithic B |
Followed by | Bronze Age |
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Prehistoric Southwest Asia | ||
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The Late Neolithic began with the first experiments with pottery, around 7000 BCE, and lasted until the discovery of copper metallurgy and the start of the Chalcolithic around 4500 BCE.