Neolithic
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Key facts
- 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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31 sectionsContents
- 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.