Pre-Pottery Neolithic A
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Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) denotes the first stage of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic, in early Levantine and Anatolian Neolithic culture, dating to c. 12,000 – c. 10,800 years ago, that is, 10,000–8800 BCE. Archaeological remains are located in the Levantine and Upper Mesopotamian region of the Fertile Crescent.
The ruins of Göbekli Tepe, c. 9,000 BCE
Evolution of temperatures in the Post-Glacial period according to Greenland ice cores. The Pre-Pottery Neolithic corresponds to the period of warming of the Holocene.
Reliefs of animals, Göbekli Tepe Layer III (Pre-Pottery Neolithic A), c. 9000 BCE.
The Tower of Jericho was built at the end of Pre-Pottery Neolithic A, c. 8000 BCE.
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
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Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB) is part of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic, a Neolithic culture centered in upper Mesopotamia and the Levant, dating to c. 10,800 – c. 8,500 years ago, that is, 8800–6500 BC. It was typed by British archaeologist Kathleen Kenyon during her archaeological excavations at Jericho in the West Bank.
Plastered skulls in situ at Yiftahel
Reconstitution of housing in Aşıklı Höyük, modern Turkey
ʿAin Ghazal statues: closeup of one of the bicephalous statues, c. 6500 BC.