The European Neolithic is the period from the arrival of Neolithic technology and the associated population of Early European Farmers in Europe, c. 7000 BC until c. 2000–1700 BC. The Neolithic overlap
Female figure from Tumba Madžari, North Macedonia
An array of Neolithic artifacts, including bracelets, axe heads, chisels, and polishing tools
Ancient Greek Early and Middle Neolithic pottery 6500–5300 BC. National Museum of Archaeology, Athens
A stone used in Neolithic rituals, in Detmerode, Wolfsburg, Germany
The European Bronze Age is characterized by bronze artifacts and the use of bronze implements. The regional Bronze Age succeeds the Neolithic and Copper Age and is followed by the Iron Age. It starts
Neolithic Europe
…Early European Farmers in Europe, c. 7000 BC (the approximate time of the first farming societies in Greece) until c. 2000–1700 BC (the beginning of Bronze Age Europe with the Nordic Bronze Age). The Neolithic overlaps the Mesolithic and Bronze Age periods in Europe as cultural changes moved from the southeast to…
Gold 'Mask of Agamemnon', Greece, 1550 BC
Marble figurine, Cycladic culture, 2700 BC
Minoan palace at Knossos, Crete
Minoan rhyton, Crete, 1500 BC