Pre-Pottery Neolithic A
Middle Eastern Neolithic culture
Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) denotes the first stage of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic, in early Levantine and Anatolian Neolithic culture, dating to c.â12,000 â c.â10,800 years ago, that is, 10,000â8800 BCE. Archaeological remains are located in the Levantine and Upper Mesopotamian region of the Fertile Crescent.