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	Neolithic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The term "Neolithic" thus does not refer to a specific chronological period, but rather to a suite of behavioural and cultural characteristics including the use of (both wild and domestic) crops and the use of domesticated animals.
		Early Neolithic farming is limited to a narrow range of crops (both wild and domestic) and the keeping of sheep and goats, but by about 7000 BC it included the domestication of cows and pigs, the establishment of permanently or semi-permanently inhabited settlements and the use of pottery.
		These structures (and their later Neolithic equivalents such as causewayed enclosures, burial mounds, and henges) required considerable time and labour to construct, which suggests that some influential individuals were able to organise and direct human labour.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Neolithic (1680 words)

	Neolithic architecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Neolithic architecture is the architecture of the Neolithic period.
		There are early Neolithic cultures in Southeast Anatolia, Syria and Iraq by 8000 BC, and food-producing societies first appear in southeast Europe by 7000 BC, and Central Europe by c.
		Neolithic pile dwellings have been excavated in Sweden (Alvastra pile dwelling) and in the circum-Alpine area, with remains being found at the Mondsee and Attersee lakes in Upper Austria.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Neolithic_architecture (462 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Neolithic period (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The term neolithic is used, especially in archaeology and anthropology, to designate a stage of cultural evolution or technological development characterized by the use of stone tools, the existence of settled villages largely dependent on domesticated plants and animals, and the presence of such crafts as pottery and weaving.
		The termination of the Neolithic period is marked by such innovations as the rise of urban civilization or the introduction of metal tools or writing.
		In the Tigris and Euphrates river valleys, the Neolithic culture of the Middle East developed into the urban civilizations of the Bronze Age by 3500 BC Between 6000 BC and 2000 BC Neolithic culture spread through Europe, the Nile valley (Egypt), the Indus valley (India), and the Huang He valley (N China).
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/N/Neolithi.asp (605 words)

	Archaeology Wordsmith
		A fourth Neolithic culture in the area, dating to the mid-2nd millennium BC was a combination of farming and fishing by people who moved there from the Lower Amur area.
		The Neolithic was followed by the Mesolithic period, the Chalcolithic, or the Bronze Age, depending on the terminology used in different areas and the nature of the archaeological sequence itself.
		Pastoral Neolithic settlement is attested as far to the south as the Serengeti Plain of northern Tanzania.
	www.reference-wordsmith.com /cgi-bin/lookup.cgi?category=&where=headword&terms=Neolithic (2678 words)

	Neolithic Age - Uncyclopedia
		The Upper Late Neolithic Period saw the development of a Ruling Elite who were able to leave a lasting mark upon society.
		The Neolithic Age (specifically in Europe) refers to the time between the Third Age (dated from the downfall of Sauron) and the Bronze Age periods in Europe, roughly from 7000 BCE (the approximate time of the first lapdancing societies in Greece) to 1700 BCE (the beginning of the Bronze Age in northwest Europe).
		The Late Neolithic Period saw the formation of many of the worlds biggest supergroups; Genesis, Yes, King Crimson and Pink Floyd were all formed during this time, whilst the primitive ancestors of the Village People were roaming across the plains of the eastern seaboard of modern day America.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Neolithic_Age (1129 words)

	My Periods Are Irregular. Is Something Wrong With Me?
		Some women have irregular periods because their bodies produce too much androgen, which is a hormone that causes increased muscle mass, facial hair, and deepening of the voice in males and the development of pubic hair and increased height in girls.
		If a girl has one of these problems, or if her periods are irregular for 3 years or more (or for other reasons), the doctor may prescribe hormone pills or other medications that will help her to have regular periods.
		In the meantime, if your periods are irregular, try keeping some pads or tampons in your backpack, just so you'll have them handy in case your period comes when you're not expecting it.
	kidshealth.org /teen/sexual_health/girls/irregular_periods.html (855 words)

	Information on the Neolithic Period
		Neolithic Period 7000 - 1600 BC For more than six millennia, Chinese culture has created sets of values and solutions to questions and issues common to all human societies, while continuously accepting and modifying external influences into the persistent dynamic of its history and traditions.
		Clearly, by the fifth millennium BCE China was developing the basic elements that were to identify it as a civilization: social structure, agricultural skills, the domestication of animals as well as concepts related to the order of the natural environment, and to life, death, and life after death.
		Fundamentally, Neolithic China may be divided into several broad cultural zones: one located on the central northern plain with the Yellow River (Huanghe) Valley as the focal point, another to the east in Shantung, a third in the far west, and others in the south.
	store.dragonstomb.com /inonnepe.html (527 words)

	Tell Sukas in Syria: The Neolithic Period through the Present
		Period M (Chalcolithic Period) and Period L (Early Bronze Age) are not represented in the publications of Tell Sukas volumes one through eight.
		In this period the relationship between Sukas and Cyprus and the Aegean was good as indicated by the imported Greek and Cypriot pottery.
		Periods A-D were not discussed in any detail by the authors: A belongs to the period spanning the Late Middle Ages up to the present; B to the Crusader Period; C to the Byzantine Period; and D to the Roman Period (ibid).....
	ancientneareast.tripod.com /Sukas.html (1310 words)

	Asian Spirit - China - Neolithic Period (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		This period and change in life-style is generally referred to as the introduction of the Neolithic Period.
		The Neolithic Period was an extremely prolific period in history with many styles of art and craftsmanship finding their form during this period.
		The Neolithic Period saw many different groups of people establishing agricultural villages, making pottery, jade and stone tools and weapons, cooking utensils, bronzes, and magnificent sculptures made from many different types of materials.
	asianspiritgallery.com /china_neo.html (516 words)

	Neolithic Period to Egypt's Dynasty 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		In the Khartoum Neolithic phase contemporary with the Naqada period of Upper Egypt, a major center comparable in size to the great sites of Upper Egypt was established at Taragma near Meroe, a concentration previously unsuspected in the region (Reinold 1987: 17-43).
		The later part of the period is sometimes referred to as Dynasty 0 because the names of pharaonic rulers not attested in the later king lists occur (Kaiser and Dreyer 1982: 260-269).
		A pharaonic sacrificial procession appears on monuments of Naqada III, on a painted textile from Gebelein of Naqada I, and in a large wall painting in a tomb dating to the middle of Naqada II at Hierakonpolis that is an organized pharaonic composition (Williams and Logan 1987: 253-57).
	www.homestead.com /wysinger/neolithic.html (3743 words)

	The Sequence at Franchthi
		The beginning of the Neolithic period at Franchthi Cave is characterized by three new features: (1) the appearance of domesticated forms of sheep and goat; (2) the appearance of domesticated forms of wheat, barley, and lentil; (3) the appearance of polished stone tools (e.g.
		This period is distinguished from the preceding EN and the subsequent Late Neolithic on the basis of minor changes in the pottery.
		The beginning of the period is defined by the appearance of {Late Neolithic Matt-painted} pottery (= dark-on-light pattern-painted ware where the paint is dull, or matt, in contrast to the lustrous "Urfirnis" paint of MN).
	projectsx.dartmouth.edu /classics/history/bronze_age/lessons/les/1.html (3016 words)

	Neolithic
		The Neolithic period began and ended at different times in different parts of the world.
		The Neolithic period ended with the start of the Bronze Age, when people began using metals.
		Neolithic people were more sophisticated than is generally realized, as is shown by the megalithic (huge stone) monuments they erected, such as Stonehenge in England, Carnac in France, and Ggantija in Gozo.
	www.tiscaliten.com /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0020503.html (363 words)

	The Neolithic Cultures
		In the entire Middle Neolithic period throughout Greece, the only evidence for a "cemetery" is a group of secondary cremation burials in a cave at Prosymna in the Argolid.
		To this Larissa phase dates the cemetery at Souphli, the earliest true cemetery of the Thessalian Neolithic, in which the cremated bones of the dead were crammed into fl- burnished jars each of which was buried in an individual pit.
		The Late Neolithic in Thessaly is often referred to as the "Dimini culture" (for example, by Vermeule), but this is misleading in that the rich finds from Dimini itself represent a provincial eastern Thessalian variant of the later LN period in Thessaly as a whole.
	projectsx.dartmouth.edu /history/bronze_age/lessons/les/2.html (4334 words)

	swuklink: Neolithic Period (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Neolithic folk who migrated into tundra of the area which is now the British Isles as the ice sheets of the last ice age retreated northwards were quite different from their Palaeolithic predecessors.
		Neolithic people made crude pottery with rounded bases which were easier to stand upright on grass or in the lap without toppling over than flat-bottomed pots.
		Neolithic people with their domesticated livestock, primitive technology and cultivated fields near their permanent settlements had began to live a form of human existance which we would recognise rather than the animal-like existence of their Stone Age predecessors.
	www.swuklink.com /BAAAGBRL.php (1078 words)

	Neolithic Age in Anatolia and Asia Minor
		Neolithic age was the scene of many major developments and changes that the Human achieved after the relatively static Mesolithic period.
		Because this period saw the major changes in human evolution, for example, village life began about this time, religion became a social product, some significant developments in the art forms, architecture, farming, fire baked pottery and ceramics, advanced tools and weapons etc, controlling the fire.
		Ceramics and pottery produced during this period are mono-chrome were built in a better shape and polished.
	www.ancientanatolia.com /historical/neolithic.htm (679 words)

	Neolithic - Neolithic Art
		The Neolithic era is generally understood as that time period during which people began to settle into small agricultural communities and eventually formed cities...
		Neolithic period or New Stone Age.The term neolithic is used, especially in archaeology and anthropology, to designate a stage of cultural evolution...
		The neolithic village of Skara Brae lies on the shore of the Bay of Skaill on the west coast of Orkney's Mainland...
	www.huntfor.com /arthistory/prehistoric/neolithic.htm (584 words)

	Neolithic period. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		B.C. There the domestication of plants and animals was probably begun by the Mesolithic Natufian peoples, leading to the establishment of settled villages based on the cultivation of cereals, including wheat, barley, and millet, and the raising of cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs.
		B.C. Neolithic culture spread through Europe, the Nile valley (Egypt), the Indus valley (India), and the Huang He valley (N China).
		B.C., Neolithic cultures based on the cultivation of corn, beans, squash, and other plants were present in Mexico and South America, leading to the rise of the Inca and Aztec civilizations and spreading to other parts of the Americas by the time of European contact.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ne/Neolithi.html (461 words)

	Minoan Civilization - Dilos Holiday World
		The Neolithic was followed by the Bronze Age Civilization which the English archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans, who excavated the palace at Knossos, called "Minoan" after Minos, the legendary king of Crete.
		The seal stones of the second palace period are made of precious and semiprecious stones, and represent wonderfully natural scenes from the animal world and from the religious cycle.
		The Protogeometric period that followed (1100-900 BC) unfolded alongside the Sub-Minoan, for the earlier Cretan cultural tradition continued to offer resistance in certain areas, particularly the mountain centres of the Eteocretans in central and eastern Crete (Karfi (Lassithi), Vrokastro (Merambello), Praessos and other places near Sitia), and to exercise some influence on the uncouth conquerors.
	www.dilos.com /location/13406 (2855 words)

	When was the neolithic period
		The next stage of development, the Neolithic, is marked by the invention and almost universal adoption of four important new features: agriculture, domesticated animals, pottery, and polished (instead of chipped) stone tools.
		The four new culture traits which characterize the Neolithic were not necessarily originated at the same time and in the same place, and there is some evidence to indicate that there may have been an early stage, with primitive hoe agriculture and the pig.
		Neolithic remains of a much more primitive character have been found in other parts of the Old World, but they are all apparently later than this in date.
	www.fetchfreereports.com /history/free_when_was_the_neolithic_period0506.html (467 words)

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		Paleodemography for the Neolithic is the subject with which Professor Alexeev ends this lecture; if numbers from this section are applied to the previous section on paleodemography in Chapter 5, demographics for the Soviet territory during the Neolithic can be extrapolated.
		Possibly these Neolithic people of northern Russia lived in the same type of hut as did the Upper Paleolithic people and possibly their huts were not as well constructed as those in Upper Paleolithic times.
		In the Neolithic Period because of a population increase, single graves are an exception.
	home.earthlink.net /~waluk/Alekseev/Lecture7.doc (2317 words)

	The new stone age or the neolithic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		A main characteristic of economical activity during the neolithic period would be a large spreading of ceramics, considering the specific features like technque, shape or set involving ceramics, a new culture could have been distinguished, the neolithic culture.
		In the second room, reserved for the neolithic period, a general text presents the main features of this period and all the towns from Hunedoara with their most important discoveries.
		This transition period from the neolithical period to the bronze period is characterised on one side by the multiplication of human settlements and onthe other side, by the larger number of tools, the ones of copper being very important.
	www.angelfire.com /country/dacia/fr/museum/mu_neol.htm (706 words)

	Neolithic
		In all trenches where Neolithic deposits have been encountered, they immediately underlie deposits of the Archaic period or later and the uppermost Neolithic layers usually contain many small worn sherds suggesting that there was a long hiatus during which the site was abandoned.
		It dates to the latest period of Neolithic occupation of the site, in the Late Neolithic I phase, and we are suggesting as a working hypothesis that it represents a bounding circuit wall.
		Since sea level is likely to have been rising continuously with respect to the land during the period of Neolithic occupation it is possible that the loss of arable land may have been a factor in the eventual abandonment of the site.
	halai.arts.cornell.edu /wwwroot/chelp/history/Neolithi.htm (1735 words)

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