Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
Neolithic culture in upper Mesopotamia and the Levant c. 8800โ6500 BC
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB) is part of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic, a Neolithic culture centered in upper Mesopotamia and the Levant, dating to c.โ10,800 โ c.โ8,500 years ago, that is, 8800โ6500 BC. It was typed by British archaeologist Kathleen Kenyon during her archaeological excavations at Jericho in the West Bank, territory of Palestine.