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Also known as Neolithic Age, Neolithic Era, Neolithic Period

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Archaeological culture.name
Neolithic
Archaeological culture.map
Asikli Hoyuk sarah c murray 6176.jpg
Archaeological culture.mapcaption
Reconstruction of Pre-Pottery Neolithic B housing in Aşıklı Höyük, modern Turkey
Archaeological culture.period
Final period of Stone Age
Archaeological culture.dates
10,000 BC to 2,000 BC
Archaeological culture.precededby
Mesolithic, Epipalaeolithic
Archaeological culture.followedby
Chalcolithic

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Commons category
Neolithic
OpenStreetMap tag
historic:era=neolithic
start time
5200-00-00
end time
2200-00-00
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31 sections
Contents
  • Origin
  • Periods by region
  • Near East(Western Asia)
  • Pre-Pottery Neolithic A
  • Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
  • Pre-Pottery Neolithic C
  • Late Neolithic
  • Fertile Crescent
  • Southern Mesopotamia
  • Northeastern Africa
  • Northwestern Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Europe
  • South and East Asia
  • The Americas
  • Australia
  • Cultural characteristics
  • Social organization
  • Shelter and sedentism
  • Agriculture
  • Lithic technology
  • Clothing
  • List of early settlements
  • List of cultures and sites
  • Comparative chronology
  • See also
  • References
  • Citations
  • Sources
  • Further reading
  • External links

thumb|Reconstruction of a Neolithic farmstead, Irish National Heritage Park. The Neolithic saw the [[invention of agriculture.]]

The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Greek 'new' and 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Asia, Europe, and Africa ( to c. 2,000 BC). It saw the Neolithic Revolution, a wide-ranging set of developments that appear to have arisen independently in several parts of the world. This "Neolithic package" included the introduction of farming, domestication of animals, and change from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to one of settlement. The term 'Neolithic' was coined by John Lubbock in 1865 as a refinement of the three-age system.

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