List of Neolithic settlements

Human Neolithic settlements by date:

Name	Location	Culture	Period	Comment	Ref
Tell Qaramel	Syria, Levant	Pre-Pottery Neolithic A	c. 10,890 – 8,780 BCE	Preceded by the Epipaleolithic Natufian settlement.	^[1]
El Khiam	Jordan Valley, Levant	Khiamian	c. 10,200 – 8,800 BCE
Iraq ed-Dubb	Jordan Valley, Levant	Pre-Pottery Neolithic	c. 10,000 – 7,950 BCE		^[2]
Spirit Cave	Pang Mapha, Mae Hong Son, Thailand	Hoabinhian	c. 9,800 – 5,500 BCE
Mureybet	Mesopotamia	Khiamian Mureybetian Pre-Pottery Neolithic B	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]
Nanzhuangtou	North China Plain		c. 9,500 – 7,500 BCE
Tell Abu Hureyra	Mesopotamia	Natufian culture	c. 9,500 – 7,500 BCE		^[4]
Tell Aswad	Syria, Levant	Aswadian Pre-Pottery Neolithic B	c. 9500 – 8700 BCE c. 8700 – 7500 BCE		^[5]
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		^[6]
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.
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

See also

• Copper Age state societies
• Neolithic Revolution
• List of Mesolithic settlements

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