Editing Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (section)

{{short description|Neolithic culture in upper Mesopotamia and the Levant c. 8800–6500 BC}}
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{{Infobox archaeological culture
|name       = Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
|map        = Fertile crescent Neolithic B circa 7500 BC.jpg
|mapalt=
|mapcaption = Area of the [[Fertile Crescent]], {{Circa|7500 BC}}, with main [[Pre-Pottery Neolithic]] sites. The area of [[Mesopotamia]] proper was not fully settled by humans.
|mapsize    = 300
|altnames=
|horizon=
|region     = [[Fertile Crescent]]
|period     = [[Pre-Pottery Neolithic]]
|dates      = c. 10,800–8,500 BP<br />{{Circa|8800}}–6500 BC<ref name="MC" />
|typesite   = [[Jericho]], [[Byblos]]
|majorsites=
|extra=
|precededby = [[Pre-Pottery Neolithic A]]
|followedby = {{plainlist|
*[[Pottery Neolithic]]
*[[Halaf culture]]
*[[Hassuna culture]]
*[[Neolithic Greece]]
*[[Savanna Pastoral Neolithic]]
*[[Khirokitia]]
*[[Yarmukian]]
*[[Faiyum A culture]]}}
}}
'''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|8,500|lk=on}} years ago, that is, 8800–6500 BC.<ref name=MC>{{Cite book |last= Chazan |first= Michael |title= World Prehistory and Archaeology: Pathways Through Time |date=2017 |publisher= Routledge |page=197 |isbn=978-1-351-80289-5 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=j3BQDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA197}}</ref> It was [[Type site|typed]] by British archaeologist [[Kathleen Kenyon]] during her [[archaeological excavation]]s at [[Jericho]] in the [[West Bank]], territory of [[Palestine]].

Like the earlier [[PPNA]] people, the PPNB culture developed from the [[Mesolithic]] [[Natufian culture]]. However, it shows evidence of having more northerly origins, possibly indicating an influx from the region of northeastern [[Anatolia]].