What does PPNB mean in UNCLASSIFIED

Pre Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB) is a term used to describe a period of time in the early Neolithic era. It's characterized by the first appearance of settled agriculturists and settlers, who used stone and mud-brick houses as well as fired pottery. PPNB is commonly seen as a bridge between hunter-gatherers and the emergence of fully-fledged agricultural and urban societies.

The PPNB period occurred roughly between 9500 BC — 8800 BC, with some regional variations. It predates other more familiar archaeological periods, such as Chalcolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age which all took place later on in human history.

During the PPNB there was an explosion of innovation and change in almost every facet of prehistoric life, including subsistence strategies, settlement geography, technology, art styles, trade networks etc. The most notable features included new technologies for cultivating grains such as wheat and barley; social complexity coupled with artisan activities such as pottery production; greater hierarchical status differences; evidence for long distance trade networks; and cult practices involving symbolic artifacts and imagery.

People belonging to this culture were ‘pre-state' communities that could be described as sedentary farmers or pastoralists. They had advanced methods for cultivation of grains like wheat or barley, enabling them to support larger populations than their hunter-gatherer predecessors. This population density led to increased interdependence among members of different families or communities, thus making it easier for the formation of more complex social organization structures such as chiefdoms or even states.

Pre Pottery Neolithic people used mostly flint tools that they crafted into shapes using retouching techniques such as pressure flaking or grinding stones against one another. They also made stone objects such as sickles which allowed them to tend their crops more efficiently than previously possible with crude hand tools such as sticks or animal teeth. Additionally, ground stone maceheads have been found at many sites from this era which suggests some level of specialized craftsmanship had already developed within these communities.

Yes! While actual artwork isn't common from this period due to its age limitations - many artifacts like painted plasters suggest artistic expressions may have existed during this time frame already in some form or another.

Religion was very important feature of life during PPNB times since many religious symbols have been uncovered at various excavation sites from the era. The most common examples include anthropomorphic figures carved out of stones that appear to represent spiritual entities omnipresent among humans before written records existed.

Indeed there are! Traces suggesting extensive exchanges between cultures can be seen through crafted objects that were clearly produced outside their local environment but used by local populations these days too! For example — obsidian blades were used even though they originated thousands kilometers away from where they were ultimately found!

Yes! massive public buildings known today known today as “megaliths” date back to around 8500 BC indicating highly organized societies capable of completing public works projects must have existed in certain places back then! These structures include communal tombs (the oldest known), megalithic temples, defense fortifications and sacred circles - all offering insight into how life might have looked like during those days.