WA 1.2 dates and periods

Epi-Paleolithic

Epi-Paleolithic

18,000-9,600 BC

Early Neolithic

9,600-6,900 BC

Late Neolithic

6,900-5,300 BC

Chalcolithic

5,300-3,000 BC

Geometric Kebaran

18,000-12,000 BC

Natufian

12,000-9,600 BC

Pre-pottery Neolithic A

9,600-8,700 BC

Pre-pottery Neolithic B

8,700-6,900 BC

Early Pottery Neolithic

6,900-6,200 BC

Hassuna-Samarra-Halaf

6,200-5,300 BC

Ubaid

5,300-4,000 BC

Late Chalcolithic-Uruk

4,000-3,000 BC

Epi-Paleolithic (era)

Geometric Kebaran/Natufian

Early Neolithic (era)

Pre-pottery Neolithic A/Pre-pottery Neolithic B

Late Neolithic (era)

Early Pottery Neolithic/Hassuna-Samarra-Halaf

Chalcolithic (era)

Ubaid/Late Chalcolithic-Uruk

Earliest sign of domesticated cereal

8,600 BC

Earliest sign of domesticated sheep/goats

8,500 BC

Younger Dryas

10,800-9,600 BC

Neolithic

9,600-5,300 BC

The Skull Cult

11,000-5,500 BC

Bronze Age

3,000-1,200 BC

Iron Age

1,200-334 BC