| ASPRO Period |
Cultural phases |
Dates |
| Period 1 | Natufian, Zarzian final | 12,000 – 10,300 BP or 12,000 – 10,200 cal. BCE |
| Period 2 | Protoneolithic, Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA), Khiamian, Sultanian, Harifian | 10,300 – 9,600 BP or 10,200 – 8,800 cal. BCE |
| Period 3 | Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB, PPNB ancien) | 9,600 – 8,000 BP or 8,800 – 7,600 cal. BCE |
| Period 4 | Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB, PPNB moyen) | 8,600 – 8,000 BP or 7,600 – 6,900 cal. BCE |
| Period 5 | Dark Faced Burnished Ware (DFBW), Çatalhöyük, Umm Dabaghiyah-Sotto [de], Proto-Hassuna, Ubaid 0 | 8,600 – 7,600 BP or 6,900 – 6,400 cal. BCE |
| Period 6 | Hassuna, Samarra, Halaf, Ubaid 1 | 7,600 – 7,000 BP or 6,400 – 5,800 cal. BCE |
| Period 7 | Pottery Neolithic A (PNA), Halaf final, Ubaid 2 | 7,000 – 6,500 BP or 5,800 – 5,400 cal. BCE |
| Period 8 | Pottery Neolithic B (PNB), Ubaid 3 | 6,500 – 6,100 BP or 5,400 – 5,000 cal. BCE |
| Period 9 | Ubaid 4 | 6,100 – 5,700 BP or 5,000 – 4,500 cal. BCE |
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