Editing Neolithic (section)

==== Late Neolithic ====
{{main|Late Neolithic}}
The Late Neolithic began around 6,400 BC in the [[Fertile Crescent]].{{sfn|Bellwood|2004|p=384}} By then distinctive cultures emerged, with pottery like the [[Halafian]] (Turkey, Syria, Northern Mesopotamia) and [[Ubaid period|Ubaid]] (Southern Mesopotamia). This period has been further divided into '''PNA''' (Pottery Neolithic A) and '''PNB''' (Pottery Neolithic B) at some sites.<ref>{{Cite book|chapter=The Southern Levant (Cisjordan) During the Neolithic Period|last1=Killebrew|first1=Ann E.|last2=Steiner|first2=Margreet|last3=Goring-Morris|first3=A. Nigel|last4=Belfer-Cohen|first4=Anna|year=2013|language=en|doi=10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199212972.013.011|title=The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of the Levant|isbn=978-0199212972}}</ref>

The Chalcolithic (Stone-Bronze) period began about 4500&nbsp;BC, then the [[Bronze Age]] began about 3500&nbsp;BC, replacing the Neolithic cultures.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}