Name |
Location |
Culture |
Period |
Comment |
Ref |
Tell Abu Hureyra |
Mesopotamia |
Natufian culture |
c. 11,000 BCE – 7,500 BCE |
|
[1] |
Tell Qaramel |
Syria, Levant |
Pre-Pottery Neolithic A |
c. 10,890 – 8,780 BCE |
Preceded by the Epipaleolithic Natufian settlement. |
[2] |
El Khiam |
Jordan Valley, Levant |
Khiamian |
c. 10,200 – 8,800 BCE |
|
Mureybet |
Mesopotamia |
Khiamian
Mureybetian
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B |
c. 10,200 – 9,700 BCE
c. 9,700 – 9,300 BCE
c. 9,300 – 8,600 BCE
c. 8,600 – 8,000 BCE |
Previously occupied by the Natufian culture. |
[3] |
Iraq ed-Dubb |
Jordan Valley, Levant |
Pre-Pottery Neolithic |
c. 10,000 – 7,950 BCE |
|
[4] |
Nanzhuangtou |
North China Plain |
|
c. 9,500 – 7,500 BCE |
|
|
Jericho |
Jordan Valley, Levant |
Sultanian
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
Lodian culture |
c. 9,500 – 7,370 BCE
c. 6,800 – 5,850 BCE
c. 5,850 – 4,500 BCE |
Preceded by a Natufian settlement and continuously settled by a succession of cultures. |
|
Lepenski Vir |
Donji Milanovac, Serbia |
|
c. 9,500 – 6,000 BCE |
|
|
Göbekli Tepe |
Anatolia |
Pre-Pottery Neolithic |
c. 9,130 – 7,370 BCE |
|
[5] |
Byblos |
Mount Lebanon, Levant |
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
Yarmukian culture
Wadi Raba culture |
c. 8,800 – 7,000 BCE
c. 6,400 – 5,800 BCE
c. 5,800 – 5,300 BCE
c. 5,300 – 4,500 BCE |
Continuously inhabited by a succession of cultures. |
|
Tell Aswad |
Syria, Levant |
Aswadian
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B |
c. 8700 – 7500 BCE |
|
[6] |
Nachcharini |
Anti-Lebanon Mountains, Levant |
Khiamian |
c. 8,500 – 7,700 BCE |
|
[7] |
Nevalı Çori |
Mesopotamia |
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B |
c. 8,400 – 8,100 BCE |
|
|
'Ain Ghazal |
Jordan Valley, Levant |
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
Yarmukian culture |
c. 8,300 – 6,400 BCE
c. 6,400 – 5,000 BCE |
|
|
Çatalhöyük |
Anatolia |
Anatolian Neolithic |
c. 7,100 – 5,700 BCE |
|
[8] |
Çayönü |
Mesopotamia |
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B |
c. 8,630 – 6,800 BCE |
|
[9] |
Munhata |
Jordan Valley, Levant |
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
Yarmukian culture |
c. 8,300 – 6,400 BCE
c. 6,400 – 6,000 BCE |
|
[10] |
'Ain Ghazal |
Jordan Valley, Levant |
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B |
c. 8,300 – 5,000 BCE |
|
[11] |
Aşıklı Höyük |
Anatolia |
Pre-Pottery Neolithic |
c. 8,200 – 7,400 BCE |
|
[12] |
Ganj Dareh |
Zagros Mountains |
|
c. 8,000 – 5,500 BCE |
|
[13] |
Tell Halula |
Mesopotamia |
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B |
c. 7,750 – 6,780 BCE |
|
[14] |
Tell Sabi Abyad |
Mesopotamia |
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
Hassuna culture
Halaf culture
Halaf-Ubaid culture
Ubaid culture |
c. 7,750 – 6,850 BCE
c. 6,850 – 6,200 BCE
c. 6,200 – 5,200 BCE
c. 5,200 – 5,000 BCE
c. 5,000 – 4,000 BCE |
Continued settlement from the Uruk period into the Middle Assyrian Empire. |
|
Jarmo |
Mesopotamia |
Pottery Neolithic |
c. 7,500 – 5,000 BCE |
|
|
Pengtoushan |
Yangtze valley, China |
Pengtoushan culture |
c. 7,500 – 6100 BCE |
|
[15] |
Nabta Playa |
Nubian Desert |
|
c. 7,500 – 3,600 BCE |
|
[16] |
Chogha Bonut |
Zagros Mountains |
|
c. 7,200 – 4,000 BCE |
|
[17] |
Jhusi |
Ganges Valley, South Asia |
|
c. 7,106 – 7,080 BCE |
|
[18] |
Hacilar |
Anatolia |
Halaf culture |
c. 7,040 – 5,000 BCE |
|
|
Jiahu |
Yellow River Valley, China |
Peiligang culture |
c. 7,000 – 5,700 BCE |
|
[19] |
Mehrgarh |
Indus River Valley, South Asia |
Neolithic South Asia |
c. 7,000 – 5,500 BCE
c. 5,500 – 4,800 BCE |
Later developed into a Chalcolithic society (c. 4,800 – 2,600 BCE) |
|
Khirokitia |
Cyprus |
|
c. 7,000 – 6,000 BCE |
|
[20][21] |
Knossos |
Crete |
Prehistoric Crete |
c. 7,000 – 3,500 BCE |
Developed into a major city-state of the Minoan civilization. |
|
Sesklo |
Thessaly |
Neolithic Greece |
c. 6,850 – 4,400 BCE |
|
|
Nea Nikomedeia |
Macedonia |
Neolithic Greece |
c. 6,650 – 5,530 BCE |
|
[22] |
Shandong |
North China Plain |
Houli culture
Beixin culture
Dawenkou culture
Longshan culture
Yueshi culture |
c. 6,500 – 5,500 BCE
c. 5,300 – 4,100 BCE
c. 4,100 – 2,600 BCE
c. 3,000 – 1,900 BCE
c. 1,900 – 1,500 BCE |
Continuous settlement by successive cultures. |
|
Cishan |
Taihang Mountains, China |
Cishan culture |
c. 6,500 – 5,000 BCE |
|
|
Sha'ar HaGolan |
Jordan Valley, Levant |
Yarmukian culture |
c. 6,400 – 6,000 BCE |
|
[23] |
Tel Kabri |
Galilee,
Israel |
Yarmukian culture
Wadi Raba culture |
c. 6,400 – 5,800 BCE
c. 5,800 – 4,500 BCE |
Continued settlement by successive cultures. |
|
Starčevo |
Danube Valley, Serbia |
Starčevo culture |
c. 6,200 – 4,500 BCE |
|
[24] |
Xinglonggou |
Liao River |
Xinglongwa culture
Hongshan culture |
c. 6,000 – 5,500 BCE
c. 3,500 – 3,000 BCE |
Settlement continued into the Bronze Age by the Lower Xiajiadian culture. |
[25] |
Tell Hassuna |
Nineveh, Mesopotamia |
Hassuna culture |
c. 6,000 – 5,350 BCE |
|
|
Kuahuqiao |
Qiantang River, China |
Kuahuqiao culture |
c. 6,000 – 5,000 BCE |
|
|
Tell Shemshara |
Nineveh, Mesopotamia |
Hassuna culture |
c. 6,000 – 4,000 BCE |
Continued settlement by successive cultures. |
|
Tell Judaidah |
Amik Valley, Anatolia |
|
c. 6,000 — 3,500 BCE |
|
|
Brú na Bóinne |
River Boyne, Eire |
Boyne culture |
c. 6,000 — 2,900 BCE |
|
[26] |
Vučedol |
Vukovar, Croatia |
|
c. 6,000 – 2,300 BCE |
|
|
Lin |
Korçë, Albania |
|
c. 5,900 – 5,800 BCE |
|
[27] |
Hamadia |
Beit She'an Valley, Israel |
Yarmukian culture |
c. 5,800 – 5,400 BCE |
|
|
Dadiwan |
Wei River Valley, China |
Dadiwan culture |
c. 5,800 – 5,400 BCE |
|
|
Vinča-Belo Brdo |
Vinča, Serbia |
Vinča culture |
c. 5,700 – 4,500 BCE |
|
|
Xinle |
Liao River, China |
Xinle culture |
c. 5,500 – 4,800 BCE |
|
[28] |
El Badari |
Upper Egypt, Nile Valley |
Badarian culture |
c. 5,500 – 4,000 BCE |
|
|
Tell Zeidan |
Syria, Levant |
Ubaid culture |
c. 5,500 – 4,000 BCE |
|
|
Hemudu |
Hangzhou Bay |
Hemudu culture |
c. 5,500 – 3,300 BCE |
|
[29] |
Zhaobaogou |
Luan River, China |
Zhaobaogou culture |
c. 5,400 – 4,500 BCE |
|
|
Sotira |
Cyprus |
|
c. 5,250 – 4,000 BCE |
|
|
Mogylna |
Danube Valley |
Cucuteni–Trypillia culture |
c. 5,000 — 4,600 BCE |
|
[30] |
Dimini |
Thessaly |
Neolithic Greece |
c. 5,000 — 4,400 BCE |
|
|
Daxi |
Yangtze River Valley, China |
Daxi culture |
c. 5,000 — 3,300 BCE |
|
|
Majiabang |
Yangtze River Valley, China |
Majiabang culture |
c. 5,000 — 3,300 BCE |
|
[31] |
Skorba |
Mġarr, Malta |
Għar Dalam culture
Skorba culture
Żebbuġ culture
Mġarr culture |
c. 4,850 — 4,500 BCE
c. 4,500 — 4,100 BCE
c. 4,100 — 3,800 BCE
c. 3,800 — 3,600 BCE |
Continued settlement by Ġgantija and Tarxien cultures. |
|
Banpo |
Yellow River Valley |
Yangshao culture |
c. 4,700 — 3,600 BCE |
|
[32][33][34][35] |
Vesioly Kut |
Danube Valley |
Cucuteni–Trypillia culture |
c. 4,300 — 4,000 BCE |
|
[30] |
Nebelivka |
Danube Valley |
Cucuteni–Trypillia culture |
c. 4,300 — 4,000 BCE |
|
[30] |
Trypillia |
Danube Valley |
Cucuteni–Trypillia culture |
c. 4,300 — 4,000 BCE |
|
[30] |
Myropillya |
Danube Valley |
Cucuteni–Trypillia culture |
c. 4,300 — 4,000 BCE |
|
[30] |
Kharkivka |
Danube Valley |
Cucuteni–Trypillia culture |
c. 4,300 — 4,000 BCE |
|
[30] |
Glubochek |
Danube Valley |
Cucuteni–Trypillia culture |
c. 4,300 — 4,000 BCE |
|
[30] |
Pianeshkove |
Danube Valley |
Cucuteni–Trypillia culture |
c. 4,300 — 4,000 BCE |
|
[30] |
Vil’khovets |
Danube Valley |
Cucuteni–Trypillia culture |
c. 4,300 — 4,000 BCE |
|
[30] |
Fedorovka |
Danube Valley |
Cucuteni–Trypillia culture |
c. 4,300 — 4,000 BCE |
|
[30] |
Tomashovka |
Danube Valley |
Cucuteni–Trypillia culture |
c. 4,000 — 3,600 BCE |
|
[30] |
Maidanetske |
Danube Valley |
Cucuteni–Trypillia culture |
c. 4,000 — 3,600 BCE |
|
[30] |
Dobrovody |
Danube Valley |
Cucuteni–Trypillia culture |
c. 4,000 — 3,600 BCE |
|
[30] |
Talianki |
Danube Valley |
Cucuteni–Trypillia culture |
c. 4,000 — 3,600 BCE |
|
[30] |
Khrystynivka |
Danube Valley |
Cucuteni–Trypillia culture |
c. 4,000 — 3,600 BCE |
|
[30] |
Volodymyrivka |
Danube Valley |
Cucuteni–Trypillia culture |
c. 4,000 — 3,600 BCE |
|
[30] |
Peregonivka |
Danube Valley |
Cucuteni–Trypillia culture |
c. 4,000 — 3,600 BCE |
|
[30] |
Vladyslavcyk |
Danube Valley |
Cucuteni–Trypillia culture |
c. 4,000 — 3,600 BCE |
|
[30] |
Songze |
Lake Tai, China |
Songze culture |
c. 3,800 — 3,300 BCE |
|
|
Chychyrkozivka |
Danube Valley |
Cucuteni–Trypillia culture |
c. 3,600 — 3,200 BCE |
|
[30] |
Kvitky |
Danube Valley |
Cucuteni–Trypillia culture |
c. 3,600 — 3,200 BCE |
|
[30] |
Ksaverove |
Danube Valley |
Cucuteni–Trypillia culture |
c. 3,600 — 3,200 BCE |
|
[30] |
Yaltushkiv |
Danube Valley |
Cucuteni–Trypillia culture |
c. 3,600 — 3,200 BCE |
|
[30] |
Sushkivka |
Danube Valley |
Cucuteni–Trypillia culture |
c. 3,600 — 3,200 BCE |
|
[30] |
Stina |
Danube Valley |
Cucuteni–Trypillia culture |
c. 3,600 — 3,200 BCE |
|
[30] |
Romanivka |
Danube Valley |
Cucuteni–Trypillia culture |
c. 3,600 — 3,200 BCE |
|
[30] |
Rozsokhuvatka |
Danube Valley |
Cucuteni–Trypillia culture |
c. 3,600 — 3,200 BCE |
|
[30] |
Apolyanka |
Danube Valley |
Cucuteni–Trypillia culture |
c. 3,600 — 2,700 BCE |
|
[30] |
Knap of Howar |
Papa Westray, Orkney |
Neolithic Orkney |
c. 3,700 — 2,800 BCE |
|
[36] |
Ħaġar Qim |
Qrendi, Malta |
Ġgantija culture |
c. 3,700 — 3,200 BCE |
|
|
Ġgantija |
Gozo, Malta |
Ġgantija culture |
c. 3,600 — 3,200 BCE |
|
|
Mnajdra |
Qrendi, Malta |
Ġgantija culture |
c. 3,600 — 3,200 BCE |
|
|
Ta' Ħaġrat |
Mġarr, Malta |
Ġgantija culture
Saflieni culture |
c. 3,600 — 3,200 BCE
c. 3,300 — 3,000 BCE |
|
|
Qujialing |
Yangtze River Valley |
Qujialing culture |
c. 3,400 — 2,600 BCE |
|
|
Liangzhu |
Yangtze Delta, China |
Liangzhu culture |
c. 3,400 — 2,250 BCE |
|
|
Büdelsdorf |
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany |
Funnel Beaker Culture |
c. 3,300 — 2,800 BCE |
|
[37] |
Oldenburg |
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany |
Funnel Beaker Culture |
c. 3,300 — 2,800 BCE |
|
[38] |
Majiayao |
Yellow River Valley, China |
Majiayao culture
Banshan culture
Machang culture |
c. 3,300 – 2,500 BCE
c. 2,500 – 2,300 BCE
c. 2,300 – 2,000 BCE |
|
[39] |
Ness of Brodgar |
Orkney |
Neolithic Orkney |
c. 3,300 – 2,200 BCE |
|
[40] |
Tarxien |
Malta |
Tarxien culture |
c. 3,250 – 2,800 BCE |
|
|
Kocherzhyntsi |
Danube Valley |
Cucuteni–Trypillia culture |
c. 3,200 — 2,700 BCE |
|
[30] |
Kosenivka |
Danube Valley |
Cucuteni–Trypillia culture |
c. 3,200 — 2,700 BCE |
|
[30] |
Skara Brae |
Bay of Skaill, Orkney |
Neolithic Orkney |
c. 3,180 — 2,500 BCE |
|
[41] |
Baodun |
Chengdu Plain, Sichuan Basin, China |
Baodun culture |
c. 2,700 — 1,700 BCE |
|
[42] |
Shijiahe |
Yangtze River Valley, China |
Shijiahe culture |
c. 2,500 — 2,000 BCE |
|
|