Editing Neolithic Europe (section)

==List of cultures and sites==
[[File:Skara Brae house 1 5.jpg|thumb|right|Excavated dwellings at [[Skara Brae]] (Orkney, Scotland), Europe's most complete Neolithic village]]

* Mesolithic/Para-Neolithic
** [[Franchthi Cave]] (Greece, 20th to 3rd millennium BC) First European Neolithic site.
** [[Lepenski Vir|Lepenski Vir culture]] (Serbia, 10th/8th to 6th millennium BC)
** [[Megalith|Megalithic culture]] (8th to 2nd millennium BC)
** [[Elshanka culture]] (Russia, 7th millennium BC) Oldest European pottery.
** [[Bug–Dniester culture|Bug-Dniester culture]] (Moldova, Ukraine, 7th to 6th millennium BC)
** [[Ertebølle culture]] (Denmark, 6th to 4th millennium BC)
** [[Swifterbant culture]] (Netherlands, 6th to 4th millennium BC)
** [[Neman culture]] (Poland, Lithuania, 6th to 3rd millennium BC)
** [[Dnieper–Donets culture|Dnieper-Donets culture]] (Ukraine, 5th millennium BC)
* Early Neolithic
** [[Khirokitia]] (Cyprus, 7th to 4th millennium BC)
** [[Sesklo]] culture (Greece, 7th to 5th millennium BC)
** [[Cardium pottery|Cardium pottery culture]] (Mediterranean coast, 7th to 6th millennium BC)
** [[Kakanj culture]] (Bosnia and Herzegovina, 7th to 5th millennium BC)
** [[Starčevo culture|Starčevo-Criș culture]] (''Starčevo I, Körös, Criş'', Central Balkans, 7th to 5th millennium BC)
** [[Karanovo culture]] (Bulgaria, 7th to 5th millennium BC)
** [[Dudești culture]] (Romania, 6th millennium BC)
** [[Katundas Cavern]] (Albania, 6th millennium BC)
* Middle Neolithic[[File:Maidanetske Cucuteni-Trypilla mega site, illustration.png|thumb|Reconstruction of the main occupation phase of the [[Maidanetske]] mega-site, c. 3800 BC]]
** [[La Hoguette#Archeology|La Hoguette]] culture (France, 6th millennium BC)
** [[Körös culture]] (Hungary, Romania, 6th millennium BC)
** [[La Almagra pottery|La Almagra pottery culture]] ([[Prehistoric Iberia#Neolithic|Andalusia]], 6th to 5th millennium BC)
** [[Linear Pottery culture]] (6th to 5th millennium BC)
*** [[Circular ditches|Circular enclosures]]
** [[Sopot culture]] (Croatia, Hungary, 6th to 4th millennium BC)
** [[Vinča culture]] (Balkans, 6th to 5th millennium BC)
** [[Cucuteni-Trypillian culture]] (Moldova, Ukraine, Romania, 6th to 3rd millennium BC)
** [[Tisza culture]] (Central Europe, 6th to 5th millennium BC)
** [[Langweiler (archaeological site)|Langweiler]] (Germany, 6th to 5th millennium BC)
** [[Hamangia culture]] (Romania, Bulgaria, 6th to 5th millennium BC)
** [[Butmir culture]] (Bosnia and Herzegovina, 6th to 5th millennium BC)
** [[Bonu Ighinu culture]] (Sardinia, 6th to 5th millennium BC)
** [[Għar Dalam phase]] (Malta, 5th millennium BC)
** [[Lengyel culture]] (Central Europe, 5th millennium BC)
*** A culture in [[Central Europe]] produced monumental arrangements of [[circular ditches]] between [[4800 BCE|4800 BC]] and [[4600 BCE|4600 BC]]. [[File:Museum Quintana - Unternberg 1.jpg|thumb|Reconstruction (model) of the Künzing-Unternberg circular ditch, Museum Quintana, [[Künzing]], Lower Bavaria, Germany]]
** [[Hinkelstein culture]] (Germany, 5th millennium BC)
** [[Stroke-ornamented ware culture]] (5th millennium BC)
** [[Dimini]] culture (Greece, 5th to 4th millennium BC)
** [[Cerny culture]] (France, 5th millennium BC)
** [[Danilo culture]] (Croatia, 5th to 4th millennium BC)
** [[Rössen culture]] (Central Europe, 5th millennium BC)
** [[San Ciriaco culture]] (Sardinia, 5th millennium BC)
** [[Chasséen culture]] (France, 5th to 4th millennium BC)
** [[Sredny Stog culture]] (Ukraine, Russia, 5th to 4th millennium BC)
** [[Michelsberg culture]] (Central Europe, 5th to 4th millennium BC)
** [[Boian culture]] (Romania, Bulgaria, 5th to 4th millennium BC)
** [[Pfyn culture]] (Switzerland, 5th to 4th millennium BC)
** [[Pit–Comb Ware culture]], a.k.a. Comb Ceramic culture (Northeast Europe, 5th to 3rd millennium BC)
** [[Mariupol culture]] (Pontic Steppe, 5th millennium BC)
** [[Hembury]] culture (Britain, 5th to 4th millennium BC)
** [[Baalberge group]] (Germany, Czechia, 4th millennium BC)
** [[Cortaillod culture]] (Switzerland, 4th millennium BC)
** [[Mondsee group]] (Austria, 4th to 3rd millennium BC)
** [[Horgen culture]] (Switzerland, 4th to 3rd millennium BC)
** [[Hvar culture]] (Eastern Adriatic coast, 4th to 3rd millennium BC)
** [[Windmill Hill culture]] (Britain, 4th millennium BC)
* Eneolithic ([[Chalcolithic]])[[File:Los Millares recreacion cuadro.jpg|thumb|A model of the prehistoric town of [[Los Millares]], with its walls (Andalusia, Spain)]]
** [[Samara culture]] (Russia, 5th millennium BC)
** [[Khvalynsk culture]] (Russia, 5th to 4th millennium BC)
** [[Gumelnița culture|Gumelniţa culture]] (Romania, 5th millennium BC)
** [[Varna culture]] (Bulgaria, 5th millennium BC)
** [[Tiszapolgár culture]] (Central Europe, 5th millennium BC)
** [[Suvorovo culture]] (North-west Black Sea, 5th millennium BC)
** [[Novodanilovka group|Novodanilovka culture]] (Ukraine, 5th to 4th millennium BC)
** [[Funnelbeaker culture]] (5th to 3rd millennium BC)
** [[Cernavodă culture]] (Bulgaria, Romania, 5th to 4th millennium BC)
** [[Repin culture]] (East European forest steppe, 4th millennium BC)
** [[Rinaldone culture]] (Italy, 4th to 3rd millennium BC)
** [[Baden culture]] (Central Europe, 4th to 3rd millennium BC)
** [[Usatove culture]] (North-west Black Sea, 4th to 3rd millennium BC)
** [[Globular Amphora culture]] (Central Europe, 4th to 3rd millennium BC)
** [[Yamnaya culture]] (Pontic-Caspian steppe, 4th to 3rd millennium BC)
**[[Eutresis culture]] (Greece, 4th to 3rd millennium BC)
** [[Vučedol culture]] (North-west Balkans, Pannonian Plain, late 4th to 3rd millennium BC)
** [[Los Millares|Los Millares culture]] (Almería, Spain, 4th to 2nd millennium BC)
** [[Corded Ware culture]], a.k.a. Battle-axe or Single Grave culture (Northern Europe, 3rd millennium BC)
** [[Gaudo culture]] (Italy, 4th to 3rd millennium BC, early [[Bronze Age]])
** [[Beaker culture]] (3rd to 2nd millennium BC, early [[Bronze Age]])
*** [[Stonehenge]], [[Skara Brae]]

===Megalithic===
[[File:Klekkende Høj barrow.jpg|thumb|[[Klekkende Høj]] passage grave, Denmark, {{circa}}&nbsp;3500-2800 BC]]
Some Neolithic cultures listed above are known for constructing [[megaliths|megalith]]s. These occur primarily on the Atlantic coast of Europe, but there are also megaliths on western Mediterranean islands.
* {{circa|5000&nbsp;BCE}}: Constructions in [[Portugal]] ([[Almendres Cromlech|Évora]]). Emergence of the [[Atlantic]] [[Neolithic]] period, the age of agriculture along the fertile shores of [[Europe]].
* {{circa|4800&nbsp;BCE}}: Constructions in [[Brittany]] ([[Barnenez]]) and [[Poitou]] ([[Tumulus of Bougon|Bougon]]).
* {{circa|4000&nbsp;BCE}}: Constructions in Brittany ([[Carnac]]), Portugal ([[Lisbon]]), Spain ([[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]] and [[Andalusia]]), [[France]] (central and southern), [[Corsica]], England, [[Wales]], Northern Ireland ([[Legananny Dolmen|Banbridge]]) and elsewhere.
* {{circa|3700&nbsp;BCE}}: Constructions in Ireland ([[Carrowmore]] and elsewhere) and Spain ([[Dolmen of Menga]], [[Antequera Dolmens Site]], Málaga).
* {{circa|3600&nbsp;BCE}}: Constructions in England ([[Maumbury Rings]] and [[Godmanchester]]), and [[Malta]] ([[Ġgantija]] and [[Mnajdra]] temples).
* {{circa|3500&nbsp;BCE}}: Constructions in [[Spain]] ([[Dolmen de Viera|Dolmen of Viera]], [[Antequera Dolmens Site]], [[Málaga]], and [[Guadiana]]), Ireland (south-west), France ([[Arles]] and the north), north-west and central Italy ([[Piedmont]], [[Valle d'Aosta]], [[Liguria]] and [[Tuscany]]), Mediterranean islands ([[Sardinia]], [[Sicily]], [[Malta]]) and elsewhere in the [[Mediterranean]], [[Belgium]] (north-east) and [[Germany]] (central and south-west).
* {{circa|3400&nbsp;BCE}}: Constructions in Ireland ([[Newgrange]]), [[Netherlands]] (north-east), Germany (northern and central) [[Sweden]] and [[Denmark]].
* {{circa|3200&nbsp;BCE}}: Constructions in Malta ([[Ħaġar Qim]] and [[Tarxien]]).
* {{circa|3000&nbsp;BCE}}: Constructions in France ([[Saumur]], [[Dordogne]], [[Languedoc]], [[Biscay]], and the Mediterranean coast), Spain ([[Los Millares]]), Belgium ([[Ardennes]]), and [[Orkney]], as well as the first [[henge]]s (circular earthworks) in [[Great Britain|Britain]].
* {{circa|2900&nbsp;BCE}}: Constructions in Spain ([[Tholos de El Romeral|Tholos of El Romeral]], [[Antequera Dolmens Site]], Málaga)
* {{circa|2800&nbsp;BCE}}: Construction of the henge at Stonehenge.