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Human Neolithic settlements by date:
| Name | Location | Culture | Period | Comment | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tell Qaramel | Syria, Levant | Pre-Pottery Neolithic A | c. 10,890 – 8,780 BCE | Preceded by the Epipaleolithic Natufian settlement. | [1] |
| El Khiam | Jordan Valley, Levant | Khiamian | c. 10,200 – 8,800 BCE | ||
| Iraq ed-Dubb | Jordan Valley, Levant | Pre-Pottery Neolithic | c. 10,000 – 7,950 BCE | [2] | |
| Spirit Cave | Pang Mapha, Mae Hong Son, Thailand | Hoabinhian | c. 9,800 – 5,500 BCE | ||
| Mureybet | Mesopotamia | Khiamian
Mureybetian Pre-Pottery Neolithic B |
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] |
| Nanzhuangtou | North China Plain | c. 9,500 – 7,500 BCE | |||
| Tell Abu Hureyra | Mesopotamia | Natufian culture | c. 9,500 – 7,500 BCE | [4] | |
| Tell Aswad | Syria, Levant |
Aswadian Pre-Pottery Neolithic B |
c. 9500 – 8700 BCE c. 8700 – 7500 BCE |
[5] | |
| 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 | [6] | |
| 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. | |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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