Levantine Chalcolithic

Levant Chalcolithic male figurine, 4500-3500 BC. Bir es-Safadi.

The Levantine Chalcolithic marks an archaeological period spanning around 4500–3500 BCE in the Levant. Technologically, the "chalcolithic" is defined by the appearance of copper and/or painted pottery. It was characterized by numerous small sedentary farming communities, depending on the culture of barley, wheat, lentils, and fruit trees, and the animal husbandry centered around sheep-goats, pigs, and cattle. This was a period of major cultural and technological transformation.

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