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 region]
5. Early Western World
6. Near Eastern (Early Western World)
7. Levantine (culture or style)
8. Levantine periods
9. Levantine Neolithic periods
10. Pottery Neolithic

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to the period in the southern Levant from about 5000 to 4500 BCE, named after the site of Wadi Rabah. The period is characterized by the continued production of pottery, particularly bright red-or glossy black, burnished vessels, and the introduction of maceheads and biconical sling bullets.