Neolithic Habitat
Choirokoitia in Cyprus is one of the oldest villages in the world, about 9000 years old. The people who colonized the island came by boat and brought cerials and domesticated animals with them. They represent the Cypriot Aceramic Neolithic, a particular culture using stone, bone and wooden tools. Pottery, however, was not yet invented, and for metal working we would have to wait for many millennia to come. Yet, these people decided to live together in a community surrounded by walls and in individual houses. They produced art and buried their dead inside their dwellings. If you wish to know how humanity made the transition from hunter-gatherers to an agricultural lifestyle - and finally to urbanisation, look at Choirokoitia. The image shows a modern reconstruction. The remnants of the village itself extend up and around the hill behind (and are considerably less photogenic).
Neolithic Habitat
Choirokoitia in Cyprus is one of the oldest villages in the world, about 9000 years old. The people who colonized the island came by boat and brought cerials and domesticated animals with them. They represent the Cypriot Aceramic Neolithic, a particular culture using stone, bone and wooden tools. Pottery, however, was not yet invented, and for metal working we would have to wait for many millennia to come. Yet, these people decided to live together in a community surrounded by walls and in individual houses. They produced art and buried their dead inside their dwellings. If you wish to know how humanity made the transition from hunter-gatherers to an agricultural lifestyle - and finally to urbanisation, look at Choirokoitia. The image shows a modern reconstruction. The remnants of the village itself extend up and around the hill behind (and are considerably less photogenic).