Neolithic dispersal from Anatolia into Southeast Europe (c. 7,500–6,000 BCE)

1. Farming villages consolidate in central Anatolia

   Jan 1, 8300 BCELabels: Central Anatolia, Neolithic villages

   • Boncuklu
   • A kl sheep

2. Early farming appears on the Aegean coast

   Jan 1, 6700 BCELabels: Aegean coast, Neolithic settlements

   • ukuri i
   • Ulucak chrono

3. Northwest Anatolia becomes an expansion staging area

   Jan 1, 6600 BCELabels: Northwest Anatolia, Barc n

   • Barc n isotopes
   • Barc n dairying

4. Farming reaches Greece and the southern Balkans

   Jan 1, 6500 BCELabels: Greece, Southern Balkans

   • Franchthi
   • Springer Franchthi

5. First Temperate Neolithic forms across Southeast Europe

   Jan 1, 6400 BCELabels: First Temperate, Southeast Europe

   • FTN overview
   • Pioneer farming

6. Farmer–forager contact intensifies in the Iron Gates

   Jan 1, 6300 BCELabels: Iron Gates, Lepenski Vir

   • Lepenski Vir
   • FTN overview

7. Nea Nikomedeia shows early farming in Macedonia

   Jan 1, 6250 BCELabels: Nea Nikomedeia, Macedonia

   • Nea Nikomedeia
   • IME Nikomedeia

8. Proto-Starčevo communities spread into the central Balkans

   Jan 1, 6100 BCELabels: Proto-Star evo, Morava valley

   • Pioneer farming
   • Star evo

9. Karanovo I develops in Thrace and central Bulgaria

   Jan 1, 6000 BCELabels: Karanovo I, Thrace

   • Pioneer farming
   • Karanovo

10. Starčevo–Körös–Criș networks link Balkans and Carpathian Basin

    Jan 1, 5800 BCELabels: Star evo, Carpathian Basin

    • Pioneer farming
    • SKC complex

11. Neolithic lifeways become established across Southeast Europe

    Jan 1, 5500 BCELabels: Southeast Europe, Neolithic lifeways

    • FTN overview
    • Neolithic Greece

12. LBK emerges, extending the Anatolian dispersal’s legacy

    Jan 1, 5500 BCELabels: LBK, Central Europe

    • Antiquity LBK
    • LBK wiki