This is a list of human Neolithic settlements sorted in chronological order.

NameLocationCulturePeriodCommentRefTell Abu HureyraMesopotamiaNatufian culture 11,000 BCE – 7,500 BCETell Qaramel Syria, Levant Pre-Pottery Neolithic A 10,890 – 8,780 BCEPreceded by the Epipaleolithic Natufian settlement. El KhiamJordan Valley, LevantKhiamian 10,200 – 8,800 BCEMureybetMesopotamiaKhiamian

Mureybetian

Pre-Pottery Neolithic B 10,200 – 9,700 BCE

9,700 – 9,300 BCE

9,300 – 8,600 BCE

8,600 – 8,000 BCEPreviously occupied by the Natufian culture.Iraq ed-DubbJordan Valley, LevantPre-Pottery Neolithic 10,000 – 7,950 BCEKuijt I., Palumbo G., Mabry J., Early Neolithic use of upland areas of Wadi El-Yabis : preliminary evidence from the excavations of 'Iraq Ed-Dubb, Jordan, Paléorient, Volume 17, Issue 17-1, pp. 99-108, 1991.NanzhuangtouNorth China Plain 9,500 – 7,500 BCEJerichoJordan Valley, LevantSultanian

Pre-Pottery Neolithic B

Lodian culture 9,500 – 7,370 BCE

6,800 – 5,850 BCE

5,850 – 4,500 BCEPreceded by a Natufian settlement and continuously settled by a succession of cultures.Lepenski VirDonji Milanovac, Serbia 9,500 – 6,000 BCEGöbekli TepeAnatoliaPre-Pottery Neolithic 9,130 – 7,370 BCEByblosMount Lebanon, LevantPre-Pottery Neolithic B

Yarmukian culture

Wadi Raba culture 8,800 – 7,000 BCE

6,400 – 5,800 BCE

5,800 – 5,300 BCE

5,300 – 4,500 BCEContinuously inhabited by a succession of cultures.Tell AswadSyria, LevantAswadian

Pre-Pottery Neolithic B 8700 – 7500 BCENachchariniAnti-Lebanon Mountains, LevantKhiamian 8,500 – 7,700 BCENevalı ÇoriMesopotamiaPre-Pottery Neolithic B 8,400 – 8,100 BCE'Ain GhazalJordan Valley, LevantPre-Pottery Neolithic B

Yarmukian culture 8,300 – 6,400 BCE

6,400 – 5,000 BCEÇatalhöyük AnatoliaAnatolian Neolithic 7,100 – 5,700 BCEÇayönüMesopotamiaPre-Pottery Neolithic B 8,630 – 6,800 BCEMunhataJordan Valley, LevantPre-Pottery Neolithic B

Yarmukian culture 8,300 – 6,400 BCE

6,400 – 6,000 BCE'Ain GhazalJordan Valley, LevantPre-Pottery Neolithic B 8,300 – 5,000 BCEThe Neolithic Period 10.200-5000 BC (Jordan) doa.gov.jo - Jordan Department Of AntiquitiesAşıklı HöyükAnatoliaPre-Pottery Neolithic 8,200 – 7,400 BCEThissen, L. 2002. Appendix I, "The CANeW 14C databases, Anatolia 10,000-5000 cal. BC". In "The Neolithic of Central Anatolia. Internal developments and external relations during the 9th–6th millennia cal BC", Proc. Int. CANeW Round Table, Istanbul 23–24 November 2001, edited by F. Gérard and L. Thissen. Istanbul: Ege Yayınları.Ganj DarehZagros Mountains 8,000 – 5,500 BCEPeder Mortensen (2011), CERAMICS: The Neolithic Period in Central and Western Persia. iranicaonline.orgTell HalulaMesopotamiaPre-Pottery Neolithic B 7,750 – 6,780 BCETell Sabi AbyadMesopotamiaPre-Pottery Neolithic B

Hassuna culture

Halaf culture

Halaf-Ubaid culture

Ubaid culture 7,750 – 6,850 BCE

6,850 – 6,200 BCE

6,200 – 5,200 BCE

5,200 – 5,000 BCE

5,000 – 4,000 BCEContinued settlement from the Uruk period into the Middle Assyrian Empire.JarmoMesopotamiaPottery Neolithic 7,500 – 5,000 BCEPengtoushanYangtze valley, ChinaPengtoushan culture 7,500 – 6100 BCENabta PlayaNubian Desert 7,500 – 3,600 BCEChogha BonutZagros Mountains 7,200 – 4,000 BCEČOḠĀ BONUT at Encyclopædia IranicaJhusiGanges Valley, South Asia 7,106 – 7,080 BCEHacilarAnatoliaHalaf culture 7,040 – 5,000 BCEJiahuYellow River Valley, ChinaPeiligang culture 7,000 – 5,700 BCEMehrgarhIndus River Valley, South AsiaNeolithic South Asia 7,000 – 5,500 BCE

5,500 – 4,800 BCELater developed into a Chalcolithic society ( 4,800 – 2,600 BCE)KhirokitiaCyprus 7,000 – 6,000 BCEKnossosCretePrehistoric Crete 7,000 – 3,500 BCEDeveloped into a major city-state of the Minoan civilization.SeskloThessalyNeolithic Greece 6,850 – 4,400 BCENea NikomedeiaMacedoniaNeolithic Greece 6,650 – 5,530 BCEShandongNorth China PlainHouli culture

Beixin culture

Dawenkou culture

Longshan culture

Yueshi culture 6,500 – 5,500 BCE

5,300 – 4,100 BCE

4,100 – 2,600 BCE

3,000 – 1,900 BCE

1,900 – 1,500 BCEContinuous settlement by successive cultures.CishanTaihang Mountains, ChinaCishan culture 6,500 – 5,000 BCESha'ar HaGolanJordan Valley, LevantYarmukian culture 6,400 – 6,000 BCEGarfinkel Y. 1999. The Yarmukians, Neolithic Art from Sha'ar Hagolan. Jerusalem: Bible Lands Museum (Exhibition Catalogue).Tel KabriGalilee, IsraelYarmukian culture

Wadi Raba culture 6,400 – 5,800 BCE

5,800 – 4,500 BCEContinued settlement by successive cultures.StarčevoDanube Valley, SerbiaStarčevo culture 6,200 – 4,500 BCE.XinglonggouLiao RiverXinglongwa culture

Hongshan culture 6,000 – 5,500 BCE

3,500 – 3,000 BCESettlement continued into the Bronze Age by the Lower Xiajiadian culture.Liu, Xinyu; Fuller, Dorian Q.; Jones, Martin (2015). "Chapter 13: Xinglonggou, China". In Barker, Graeme; Goucher, Candice (eds.). The Cambridge World History. Volume 2: A World with Agriculture, 12,000 BCE–500 CE. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 335–352. .Tell HassunaNineveh, MesopotamiaHassuna culture 6,000 – 5,350 BCEKuahuqiaoQiantang River, ChinaKuahuqiao culture 6,000 – 5,000 BCETell ShemsharaNineveh, MesopotamiaHassuna culture 6,000 – 4,000 BCEContinued settlement by successive cultures.Tell JudaidahAmik Valley, Anatolia 6,000 — 3,500 BCEBrú na BóinneRiver Boyne, EireBoyne culture 6,000 — 2,900 BCEVučedolVukovar, Croatia 6,000 – 2,300 BCELinKorçë, Albania 5,900 – 5,800 BCEHamadiaBeit She'an Valley, IsraelYarmukian culture 5,800 – 5,400 BCEDadiwanWei River Valley, ChinaDadiwan culture 5,800 – 5,400 BCEVinča-Belo BrdoVinča, SerbiaVinča culture 5,700 – 4,500 BCEXinleLiao River, ChinaXinle culture 5,500 – 4,800 BCEStark, Miriam T. (ed.), Archaeology of Asia, 2006, , pg. 129El BadariUpper Egypt, Nile ValleyBadarian culture 5,500 – 4,000 BCETell ZeidanSyria, LevantUbaid culture 5,500 – 4,000 BCEHemuduHangzhou BayHemudu culture 5,500 – 3,300 BCELiu, Li; Chen, Xingcan (2012), The Archaeology of China: From the Late Paleolithic to the Early Bronze Age, Cambridge University Press, . pg. 200ZhaobaogouLuan River, ChinaZhaobaogou culture 5,400 – 4,500 BCESotiraCyprus 5,250 – 4,000 BCEMogylnaDanube ValleyCucuteni–Trypillia culture 5,000 — 4,600 BCEDiminiThessalyNeolithic Greece 5,000 — 4,400 BCEDaxiYangtze River Valley, ChinaDaxi culture 5,000 — 3,300 BCEMajiabangYangtze River Valley, ChinaMajiabang culture 5,000 — 3,300 BCEWang, Haiming (2001), "Majiabang", in Peregrine, Peter N.; Ember, Martin (eds.), Encyclopedia of Prehistory, Volume 3: East Asia and Oceania, Springer, pp. 206–221, .SkorbaMġarr, MaltaGħar Dalam culture

Skorba culture

Żebbuġ culture

Mġarr culture 4,850 — 4,500 BCE

4,500 — 4,100 BCE

4,100 — 3,800 BCE

3,800 — 3,600 BCEContinued settlement by Ġgantija and Tarxien cultures.BanpoYellow River ValleyYangshao culture 4,700 — 3,600 BCEVesioly KutDanube ValleyCucuteni–Trypillia culture 4,300 — 4,000 BCENebelivkaDanube ValleyCucuteni–Trypillia culture 4,300 — 4,000 BCETrypilliaDanube ValleyCucuteni–Trypillia culture 4,300 — 4,000 BCEMyropillyaDanube ValleyCucuteni–Trypillia culture 4,300 — 4,000 BCEKharkivkaDanube ValleyCucuteni–Trypillia culture 4,300 — 4,000 BCEGlubochekDanube ValleyCucuteni–Trypillia culture 4,300 — 4,000 BCEPianeshkoveDanube ValleyCucuteni–Trypillia culture 4,300 — 4,000 BCEVil’khovetsDanube ValleyCucuteni–Trypillia culture 4,300 — 4,000 BCEFedorovkaDanube ValleyCucuteni–Trypillia culture 4,300 — 4,000 BCETomashovkaDanube ValleyCucuteni–Trypillia culture 4,000 — 3,600 BCEMaidanetskeDanube ValleyCucuteni–Trypillia culture 4,000 — 3,600 BCEDobrovodyDanube ValleyCucuteni–Trypillia culture 4,000 — 3,600 BCETaliankiDanube ValleyCucuteni–Trypillia culture 4,000 — 3,600 BCEKhrystynivkaDanube ValleyCucuteni–Trypillia culture 4,000 — 3,600 BCEVolodymyrivkaDanube ValleyCucuteni–Trypillia culture 4,000 — 3,600 BCEPeregonivkaDanube ValleyCucuteni–Trypillia culture 4,000 — 3,600 BCEVladyslavcykDanube ValleyCucuteni–Trypillia culture 4,000 — 3,600 BCESongzeLake Tai, ChinaSongze culture 3,800 — 3,300 BCEChychyrkozivkaDanube ValleyCucuteni–Trypillia culture 3,600 — 3,200 BCEKvitkyDanube ValleyCucuteni–Trypillia culture 3,600 — 3,200 BCEKsaveroveDanube ValleyCucuteni–Trypillia culture 3,600 — 3,200 BCEYaltushkivDanube ValleyCucuteni–Trypillia culture 3,600 — 3,200 BCESushkivkaDanube ValleyCucuteni–Trypillia culture 3,600 — 3,200 BCEStinaDanube ValleyCucuteni–Trypillia culture 3,600 — 3,200 BCERomanivkaDanube ValleyCucuteni–Trypillia culture 3,600 — 3,200 BCERozsokhuvatkaDanube ValleyCucuteni–Trypillia culture 3,600 — 3,200 BCEApolyankaDanube ValleyCucuteni–Trypillia culture 3,600 — 2,700 BCEKnap of HowarPapa Westray, OrkneyNeolithic Orkney 3,700 — 2,800 BCEWickham-Jones, Caroline (2007) Orkney: A Historical Guide. Edinburgh. Birlinn. pg. 40Ħaġar QimQrendi, MaltaĠgantija culture 3,700 — 3,200 BCEĠgantijaGozo, MaltaĠgantija culture 3,600 — 3,200 BCEMnajdraQrendi, MaltaĠgantija culture 3,600 — 3,200 BCETa' ĦaġratMġarr, MaltaĠgantija culture

Saflieni culture 3,600 — 3,200 BCE

3,300 — 3,000 BCEQujialingYangtze River ValleyQujialing culture 3,400 — 2,600 BCELiangzhuYangtze Delta, ChinaLiangzhu culture 3,400 — 2,250 BCEBüdelsdorfSchleswig-Holstein, GermanyFunnel Beaker Culture 3,300 — 2,800 BCEOldenburgSchleswig-Holstein, GermanyFunnel Beaker Culture 3,300 — 2,800 BCEMajiayaoYellow River Valley, ChinaMajiayao culture

Banshan culture

Machang culture 3,300 – 2,500 BCE

2,500 – 2,300 BCE

2,300 – 2,000 BCENess of BrodgarOrkneyNeolithic Orkney 3,300 – 2,200 BCETowers, Roy; Card, Nick; Edmonds, Mark (2015). The Ness of Brodgar. Kirkwall, UK: Archaeology Institute, University of the Higlands and Islands. . pg. 2-23TarxienMaltaTarxien culture 3,250 – 2,800 BCEKocherzhyntsiDanube ValleyCucuteni–Trypillia culture 3,200 — 2,700 BCEKosenivkaDanube ValleyCucuteni–Trypillia culture 3,200 — 2,700 BCESkara BraeBay of Skaill, OrkneyNeolithic Orkney 3,180 — 2,500 BCEHawkes, Jacquetta (1986). The Shell Guide to British Archaeology. London: Michael Joseph. . pg. 262BaodunChengdu Plain, Sichuan Basin, ChinaBaodun culture 2,700 — 1,700 BCEd'Alpoim Guedes, Jade; et al. (2013). "Site of Baodun yields earliest evidence for the spread of rice and foxtail millet agriculture to south-west China". Antiquity. 87 (337): 758–771. doi:10.1017/S0003598X00049449.ShijiaheYangtze River Valley, ChinaShijiahe culture 2,500 — 2,000 BCE

See also Copper Age state societies Neolithic Revolution List of Mesolithic settlements

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