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North America 12000 -1000 BC
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South America 11,000-1000 BC Formative
Europe 8500-7000 BC Mesolithic
Europe 7000-2750 BC Neolithic
Europe 2750-750 BC Bronze Age
South-east Europe 5000-3200 BC Neolithic
South-east Europe 3200-2000 BC Early Bronze Age
South-east Europe 2000-1100 BC Middle and Late Bronze Age
South-west Europe 5500-3200 BC Neolithic
South-west Europe 2250-750 BC Bronze Age
Italy 6000-3200 BC Neolithic
Italy 3200-1000 BC Copper and Bronze Ages
Northern and Eastern Europe 5000-2250 BC Neolithic
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British Isles 8000-4000 BC Mesolithic
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British Isles 2200-800 BC Bronze Age
England 8500-4000 BC Mesolithic
England 4000-2200 BC Neolithic
England 2200-800 BC Bronze Age
Central England 8500-4000 BC Mesolithic
Central England 4000-2200 BC Neolithic
Central England 2200-800 BC Bronze Age
Eastern England 8500-4000 BC Mesolithic
Eastern England 4000-2200 BC Neolithic
Eastern England 2200-800 BC Bronze Age
Northern England 8500-4000 BC Mesolithic
Northern England 4000-2200 BC Neolithic
Northern England 2200-800 BC Bronze Age
South-east England 8500-4000 BC Mesolithic
South-east England 4000-2200 BC Neolithic
South-east England 2200-800 BC Bronze Age
South-west England 8500-4000 BC Mesolithic
South-west England 4000-2200 BC Neolithic
South-west England 2200-800 BC Bronze Age
Ireland 8000-4000 BC Mesolithic
Ireland 4000-2200 BC Neolithic
Ireland 2200-800 BC Bronze Age
Scotland 8000-4000 BC Mesolithic
Scotland 4000-2200 BC Neolithic
Scotland 2200-800 BC Bronze Age
Wales 8500-4000 BC Mesolithic
Wales 4000-2200 BC Neolithic
Wales 2200-800 BC Bronze Age
Oceania 50,000-1500 BC
Australia 16,000-5000 BC Holocene
Australia 5000 BC-AD 500 Late Holocene
Western Pacific 10,000-1500 BC Holocene
Events
7000 BC
Elaborate ritual and ceremonial ceramic forms start to develop
5000 BC
Maros points' arrowheads develop in island Southeast Asia
4200 BC
People making pottery live in north-west Cambodia
4000 BC
From around this time more complex stone tools develop
3600 BC
Pottery-making site in use as Ban Chiang, Thailand
3000 BC
Around this time villages start developing alongside rivers
3000 BC
Phung Nguyen culture, Northern Vietnam, make ceremonial ceramic beakers
2600 BC
Around this time the breadfruit was domesticated
South-east Asia
7000-2000 BC Neolithic
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