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Neolithic

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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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
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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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