List of Neolithic settlements
Human Neolithic settlements by
Name
Location
Culture
Period
Comment
Ref
Tell Abu Hureyra
Mesopotamia
Natufian culture
c. 11,000 BCE – 7,500 BCE
[ 1]
Tell Qaramel
Syria , Levant
Pre-Pottery Neolithic A
c. 10,890 – 8,780 BCE
Preceded by the Epipaleolithic Natufian settlement.
[ 2]
El Khiam
Jordan Valley , Levant
Khiamian
c. 10,200 – 8,800 BCE
Mureybet
Mesopotamia
Khiamian
Mureybetian
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
c. 10,200 – 9,700 BCE
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]
Iraq ed-Dubb
Jordan Valley , Levant
Pre-Pottery Neolithic
c. 10,000 – 7,950 BCE
[ 4]
Nanzhuangtou
North China Plain
c. 9,500 – 7,500 BCE
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
[ 5]
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.
Tell Aswad
Syria , Levant
Aswadian
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
c. 8700 – 7500 BCE
[ 6]
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
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
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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