Born: Anatolia by 5500 BC
| _________ | _________ | _________ | _________ | _________ | _________ | ______ | ______ | _____ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| / | -- poss. Exploding Pottery (Slovakia 19,000? BC) | |||||||||
| / | -- Kiln-hardened Pottery (West Asia 9000? BC) | |||||||||
| / | -- Metal smelting | |||||||||
| / | ||||||||||
| - Copper Metallurgy Stage 4 | ||||||||||
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| \ | -- Copper Metallurgy Stage 3 (Anatolia 7000? BC) | |||||||||
| \ | -- Copper Metallurgy Stage 2 | |||||||||
| \ | -- Copper Metallurgy Stage 1 | |||||||||