A

• A-Group cultureAncient Nubian culture from the late 4th millennium BC
• Andronovo cultureBronze Age cultures, 2000–900 BCE
• Art of the Upper PaleolithicOldest form of prehistoric art

B

• Badarian culturePrehistoric culture in Upper Egypt
• Behavioral modernityTransition of human species to anthropologically modern behavior
• Bell Beaker cultureEuropean archaeological culture, 2800–1800 BCE
• BeringiaGeographical region of Asia and North America currently partly submerged
• Bone toolTool created from bone
• Botai cultureArchaeological culture of northern Central Asia

C

• C-Group cultureC. 2400–1550 BCE Lower Nubian archaeological culture
• Caspian lowland desertThe Caspian lowland desert ecoregion (WWF ID: PA1308) covers the north and southeast coast
• Castro of Vila Nova de São PedroThe Castro of Vila Nova de São Pedro is a Chalcolithic archaeological site in the civil pa
• Contact zoneIn ethnography, a contact zone is a conceptual space where different cultures interact.
• Control of fire by early humansAspect of human history
• Copper metallurgy in AfricaCopper production in Africa
• CoppersmithA coppersmith, also known as a brazier, is a person who makes artifacts from copper and br
• Corded Ware cultureEuropean Bronze Age culture
• Coțofeni cultureEarly Bronze Age archaeological culture
• Cradle of civilizationLocations where civilization emerged
• Cucuteni–Trypillia cultureNeolithic–Eneolithic archaeological culture of southeastern Europe

D

• Decline and end of the Cucuteni–Trypillia cultureDue partly to the fact that this took place before the written record of this region began

E

• Early human migrationsSpread of humans from Africa across the world
• El-Amrah, Egypt26°8′35.22″N 31°58′6.41″E / 26.1431167°N 31.9684472°E
• EpipalaeolithicPeriod in Levantine history

F

• Funnelbeaker cultureNorth-central European culture around 4300–2800 BCE

G

• GebeleinGebelein (Egyptian Arabic: الجبلين‎, Two Mountains; Egyptian: Inerty or Per-Hathor; Ancien
• GoldsmithMetalworker who specializes in working with gold and other precious metals

H

• Hakra Ware cultureIndus Valley material culture
• Henri FleischReverend Father Henri Fleisch (1 January 1904 – 10 February 1985) was a French archaeologi
• Horgen cultureThe Horgen culture is one of several archaeological cultures belonging to the Neolithic pe

I

• Indo-European migrationsMigrations out of the Proto-Indo-European homeland
• Irish National Heritage ParkThe Irish National Heritage Park is an open-air museum near Wexford, Ireland, which tells
• Iron metallurgy in AfricaIron production in Africa

J

• Jhukar phaseThe Jhukar phase was a phase of the Late Harappan culture in Sindh that continued after th
• John Abercromby, 5th Baron AbercrombyJohn Abercromby, 5th Baron Abercromby of Tullibody FSA Scot FRSE (15 January 1841 – 7 Octo

L

• Le Petit-ChasseurLe Petit Chasseur is the name of a megalithic site in Sion, Valais, Switzerland. Discovere
• Levantine ChalcolithicCopper Age in the Eastern Mediterranean
• Lower PaleolithicEarliest subdivision of the Paleolithic

M

• Majiayao culture3300–2000 BC Chinese archaeological culture
• Marine Isotope Stage 9Marine Isotope Stage 9 (MIS 9) was an interglacial period that consisted of two interstadi
• MesolithicPrehistoric period, second part of the Stone Age
• Metallurgy during the Copper Age in EuropePrehistoric period, Copper Age
• Middle PaleolithicArchaeological period, part of Stone Age
• Minshat Abu OmarMinshat Abu Omar (also written Minschat Abu Omar; Arab. Minshāt Abū 'Umar) is an important

N

• Naqada culturePrehistoric Egyptian culture
• Naqada IArchaeological culture of prehistoric Upper Egypt
• Naqada IIArchaeological stage in prehistoric Egypt
• Naqada IIILast phase of the Naqada culture of ancient Egyptian prehistory
• Natufian cultureArchaeological culture of the Epipalaeolithic Levant
• Neanderthal extinctionNeanderthals became extinct around 40,000 years ago. Hypotheses on the causes of the extin
• Neba'a FaourNeba'a Faour, Tell Neba'a Faour, Mashna'et el Faour, Neba Faour or Nebaa Faour is a large,
• NeolithicArchaeological period, last part of the Stone Age (New Stone Age)
• Neolithic EuropeEra of prehistory prior to Copper & Bronze ages in each region
• Neolithic RevolutionTransition in human history from hunter-gatherer to settled peoples
• North European hypothesisThe North European hypothesis was a linguistic and archaeological theory that tried to exp

P

• PaleolithicPrehistoric period, first part of the Stone Age
• Paul ReineckePaul Heinrich Adalbert Reinecke (September 25, 1872 – May 12, 1958) was a German archaeolo
• Pinnacle PointPinnacle Point a small promontory immediately south of Mossel Bay, a town on the southern
• Pontic–Caspian steppeOne of the Eurasian steppes
• Pre-Pottery NeolithicEarlier part of the Neolithic period in Southwest Asia
• Pre-Pottery Neolithic AMiddle Eastern Neolithic culture
• Pre-Pottery Neolithic BNeolithic culture in upper Mesopotamia and the Levant c. 8800–6500 BC
• Prehistoric AfricaPrehistory of Africa
• Prehistoric AsiaPeriod in the history of Asia
• Prehistoric EgyptPeriod before the First Dynasty of Egypt
• Prehistoric EuropePrehistoric Europe refers to Europe before the start of written records, beginning in the
• PrehistoryPeriod of human history before records
• Projectile pointPrimitive weapon component
• Proto-Indo-European homelandGeographic region where the proto-Indo-European language originated
• Proto-Indo-EuropeansPostulated prehistoric ethnolinguistic group
• Proto-writingSymbols that communicate ideas but not language
• Pyrenean BronzeThe Pyrenean Bronze (also known as Northeastern Bronze) is a regional European Bronze Age

Q

• Qalaat TannourQalaat Tannour is a Shepherd Neolithic archaeological site located halfway between Britel

R

• Recent African origin of modern humansTheory of early hominid migration
• Religion and ritual of the Cucuteni–Trypillia cultureThe study of the religion and ritual of the Cucuteni-Trypillia culture has provided import
• Remedello cultureCulture during the Copper Age in Northern Italy

S

• Shepherd NeolithicStyle of ancient industry in Lebanon
• Steppe theoryTheory of Indo-European origin
• Stone AgePrehistoric period before metal tools

T

• Tell AbadaTell Abada is a tell, or archaeological settlement mound, in Diyala Governorate (Iraq). Ab
• Tell JudaidahTell Judaidah (Tell al-Judaidah, Tell Judeideh) is an archaeological site in south-eastern

U

• Ubaid periodPrehistoric period of Mesopotamia
• Upper PaleolithicSubdivision of the Paleolithic, or Old Stone Age

Y

• Yamnaya cultureArchaeological culture in the Pontic steppe circa 3300 BCE