Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by general era]

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to the early cultures marked by the development of cultivating plants. It usually coincides with the development of a sedentary lifestyle and the building of communities. This stage in human development occurred at different times in different areas; in some environments not conducive to farming or where natural plants and animals remain plentiful, this phase of culture did not develop.