List of archaeological cultures

This list of archaeological cultures is an alphabetical listing. A geographical or chronological sorting can be found here .

A.

Industry / culture / group	comment	distribution	Time position
A group		Africa (Lower Nubia)	approx. 3600-3000 BC Chr. Neolithic
Abashevo culture		Eurasia (Ural region)	approx. 1700–1600 BC Chr. bronze age
Abbevillien	oldest hand ax industry in Europe Chelléen is also out of date	Europe	approximately 600,000-400,000 BP paleolithic
Abcan		Africa (Lower Nubia)	approx. 5000–3500 BC Chr. Neolithic
Acheuleans	Hand ax industry	Africa / Europe / Asia	approximately 1,500,000-150,000 BP paleolithic
Adena culture		North America (United States)	approx. 1000 BC Chr. -200 AD Neolithic
Adlerberg culture	also called the Adlerberg Group	Europe (Southern Germany)	approx. 2200–1600 BC Chr. Early Bronze Age
Afanassjewo culture	Russian: Афанасьевская культура scientific Transcription: Afanas'ev (o)	Asia (Altai region)	approx. 3500-2500 BC Chr. eneolithic
Ahar Banas culture	also called Ahar culture or Banas culture	Asia (India (Rajasthan))	approx. 3000-1500 BC Chr. eneolithic
Ahrensburg culture	Reindeer hunters of the late Paleolithic	northern central Europe	approx. 10,760-9650 BC Chr. Upper Paleolithic
Aichbühler Group	also called Aichbühl culture	Europe (Southern Germany)	approx. 4200-4000 BC Chr. Middle / Early Neolithic
Alakul culture
Aldy Bel culture	Cattle breeders and nomads on horseback	Asia (Altai region)	approx. 900-700 BC Chr. bronze age
Aleut tradition
Alföld linear ceramics	also called eastern linear ceramics	Europe (Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Carpathian-Ukraine)	approx. 5500-4900 BC Chr. early / middle neolithic
Almería culture	Iberian agriculture	Europe (Southeast Spain)	approx. 3000 –... BC Chr. late neolithic
Altheimer Group	also called Altheim culture	Europe (Lower Bavaria, southern Upper Palatinate)	approx. 3800-3400 / 3300 BC Chr. late neolithic
Old Cordillera Culture		North America (Northwest Pacific Area USA (Alaska, Washington, Oregon), Canada (British Columbia))	approx. 9000-5000 BC Chr. Upper Paleolithic
Amri culture		Asia (Pakistan (Balochistan))	approx. 4000-3000 BC Chr. neolithic / eneolithic
Amudia	Blades industry	Asia (Middle East)	approx. 130,000 -... BP Middle Paleolithic
Ananino culture		Europe (Volga Region, Lower Kama Region)	approx. 800-300 BC Chr. iron age
Anasazi		North America
Andronovo culture	scientific: Andronovo culture	Asia (South Siberia, Central Asia)	approx. 2000-1200 BC Chr. bronze age
Apennine culture		Europe (Italy)	approx. 1800-1200 BC Chr. early bronze age
Arbon culture		Europe (Northern Switzerland, Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria)	approx. 1800–1600 BC Chr. Early Bronze Age
Arras culture		Europe (England)	approx. 450 BC Chr. iron age
Askola culture		Europe (Finland)	around 7500 BC Chr. mesolithic
Atbasar culture		Asia (Kazakhstan)
Aera		North africa (Algeria, North and Central Sahara)	approx. 40,000-35,000 / 18,000 / 10,000 BP Upper Paleolithic (Late Stone Age)
Azov-Dnieper culture
Aunjetitz culture	Czech: Únětická kultura	Europe (Central Germany, Bohemia, Moravia, Lower Austria, Silesia-Greater Poland)	approx. 2300–1600 / 1500 BC Chr. Early Bronze Age
Ausonian culture	also Ausonikum	Europe (Aeolian Islands, northeastern Sicily)	approx. 1250 - 9th century BC Chr. Late Bronze and Early Iron Age
Aurignacia	oldest archaeological culture of the Upper Paleolithic in Europe	Europe	approx. 40,000 / 37,000-28,000 BP Upper Paleolithic
Azilien	also called penknife groups	Europe	approx. 12,300-9600 BC Chr. late Paleolithic / Epipalaeolithic
Aztecs		Central America (Mexico)	approx. 1300–1600 AD

B.

Industry / culture / group	comment	distribution	Time position
Ba Shu culture	chin. 巴蜀文化 Bā-Shǔ Wénhuà	Asia (China)	bronze age
Baalberg culture	also called Baalberg culture is considered to be the oldest group of the funnel cup cultures	Europe (Central Germany)	approx. 3800-3350 BC Chr. Neolithic
Bacson culture		Asia (Vietnam)	approx. 10,000–8,000 BC Chr. Neolithic
Badari culture		Africa (Upper Egypt)	approx. 4500-4000 BC Chr. Neolithic
Badegoulien		Europe (Southwest France, Cantabria)	approximately 19,000-17,000 BP Upper Paleolithic
Baden culture	older names were culture with fluted ceramics, ribbon handle culture and Ossarner culture; in Hungary Péceler Kultur or Baden-Pécel; also called Promienista culture in Poland	Europe (Core area: Eastern Austria, Hungary; other sites in Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Switzerland and Germany)	approx. 3500-2800 BC Chr. eneolithic
Baitowo culture		Eurasia (Ural region)	from approx. 900 BC Chr. early iron age
Balaton culture
Band ceramic culture	oldest rural culture of the Neolithic in Central Europe largest area culture of the Neolithic also linear ceramic culture; Technical abbreviation LBK in south-east Europe also ceramics for the head of the note and the head of the note	Central Europe (West Hungary (Transdanubia), Romania, Ukraine, Austria, South West Slovakia, Moravia, Bohemia, Poland, Germany and France (Paris Basin, Alsace and Lorraine))	approx. 5600 / 5500-4900 BC Chr. early neolithic
Banshan Machang culture	chin. 半山 - 马厂文化 Bànshān-Mǎchǎng wénhuà	Asia (Northwest China)	approx. 2500-2000 BC Chr. late neolithic
Baodun culture	chin. 寶墩文化 / 宝墩文化 Bǎodūn wénhuà	Asia (China)	approx. 2500–1700 BC Chr. late neolithic
Bara culture	widespread in the eastern area of the Indus culture	Asia (India)	around 2000 BC Chr.
Baradostia		Asia (Iran, Iraq (Zagros Region))	approx. 36,000– Upper Paleolithic
Basketmaker		North America (United States)	approx. 400 BC Chr.-700 AD Neolithic
Begasy Dandybai culture		Asia (Kazakhstan)	around 1300 BC Chr. Late Bronze Age
Beixin culture	chin. 北辛文化 Beixin wenhua	Asia (China)	approx. 5400-4400 BC Chr. Neolithic
Beiyinyangying culture	chin. 北阴阳营文化 Beiyinyangying wenhua	Asia (China)	approx. 4000-3000 BC Chr. Neolithic
Beuronias		Europe	approx. 9600-7000 BC Chr. mesolithic
Billendorfer culture		Eastern Central Europe	approx. 700-500 BC Chr. early iron age
Birnirk culture
Bisamberg-Oberpullendorf Group
Bischheim culture	Described in 1938 by the prehistorian Armin Stroh as a Bischheim group within the late Rössen culture	Central Europe	approx. 4400-4200 BC Chr. Middle / Early Neolithic
Leaf tip group	Transition industry this also includes the Bavarian Altmühl group in the Czech Republic and Hungary as Szeletian referred	Central Europe	approx. 50,000–35,000 BC Chr. Middle / Upper Paleolithic
Bodrogkeresztur culture
Bogaczewo culture		Europe (Poland)	approx. 450–250 BC Chr. iron age
Bohunicia	Transition industry about the same time as the Western European Châtelperronien and Aurignacien	Eastern Central Europe	approx. 43,000–35,000 BC Chr. Middle / Upper Paleolithic
Boian culture	Is related to the Danube cultures together	Southeast Europe (Balkan Region)	approx. 4300-3500 BC Chr.
Bonnanaro culture		Europe (Sardinia)	approx. 2200–1600 BC Chr. copper / early bronze age
Bono Ighinu culture		Europe (Sardinia)	approx. 4700-4000 BC Chr. Neolithic
Boat ax culture	Swedish Båtyxekultur, Danish bådøksekultur called Haffküsten-Kultur in the Baltic States originates in the funnel beaker culture , is therefore also known as the northern group	Europe (Scandinavia, Finland, Baltic States)	approx. 4200-2000 BC Chr. from approx. 3200 BC BC also called Scandinavian culture end neolithic
Botai culture		Asia (Northern Kazakhstan)	around 4000 BC Chr. eneolithic
Bromme culture	also called Lyngby culture	Europe (Denmark)	approx. 11,400-10,500 BC Chr. late Paleolithic
Bug Dniester culture	independent development from the local Mesolithic tradition	Europe (Moldova, Ukraine)	approx. 6500-5000 BC Chr. Neolithic
Buni culture		Asia (Java)	around 1000 AD iron age
Butmir culture	Similarities to Minoan pottery	Europe (Bosnia and Herzegovina)	approx. 2600-2400 BC Chr. Neolithic
Bükker culture	also called Bükk culture close relationships with linear ceramics, often viewed as the late development stage of Alföld linear ceramics	Europe (Eastern Slovakia, Hungary)	around 5000 BC Chr. Neolithic

C.

Industry / culture / group	comment	distribution	Time position
C group	Transition from a semi-nomadic way of life to a fully sedentary lifestyle Agriculture, animal husbandry, hunting and fishing	Africa (Lower Nubia)	approx. 2200–1500 BC Chr. bronze age
Calima culture		South America (Colombia)	approx. 1600 BC Chr.-1700 AD
Caloosahatchee culture		North America (United States)	approx. 500–1750 AD
Campignia	in the northern outskirts of the La Hoguette group and the ceramic band culture Flint axes are related to those of the Maglemose culture	Europe (Western, Central, Eastern Europe)	around 4000 BC Chr. mesolithic
Capo Graziano culture		Europe (Aeolian Islands)	approx. 2200-1430 BC Chr. bronze age
Capsien	figurative representations	North africa (Algeria, Tunisia)	approx. 9000-3000 BC Chr. epipalaeolithic / mesolithic / neolithic
Capulí culture	high quality ceramics, goldsmith work	Ecuador, Colombia	800 to 1500 AD
Cardial or imprint culture	named after the ceramic decorated with cardial mussels	Europe, North Africa (Adriatic coast and western Mediterranean; as well as Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily and Malta)	around 7000 BC Chr. Neolithic
Castelluccio culture		Europe (Sicily)	approx. 2200–1450 BC Chr. bronze age
Castro culture	fortified hill settlements	Europe (northwest Iberian Peninsula)	approx. 1000 BC Chr.-400 AD late bronze / iron age
Cemetery H culture	Part of the Indus culture	Asia (India)	1900-1300 BC Chr. bronze age
Cernavodă culture	could belong to the Balkan-Danubian complex fortified hill settlements Ceramic refers to the southern Russian steppe	Eastern Europe (Romanian Black Sea Coast)	approx. 4000–3200 BC Chr. eneolithic
Cerny culture		Europe (France)	approx. 4500-4000 BC Chr. Neolithic
Chachapoya		South America (Peru, Ecuador)
Cham culture	at about the same time as the late Neolithic cultures ( Walternienburg-Bernburg culture , Horgen culture , spherical amphora culture ) Settlements and earthworks	Europe (Southern Germany)	approx. 3500-2700 BC Chr. end neolithic
Chancay culture		South America (Peru)	approx. 1300–1450 AD
Chaodaogou culture
Chassey-Lagozza-Cortaillod culture		Western Europe (France, Northern Italy, Western Switzerland)	approx. 4600-2400 BC Chr. Neolithic
Châtelperronia	in the Western European distribution area the last culture that is associated with the Neanderthals New development of the Châtelperron tips	Western Europe (Southwest France, Northern Spain)	approximately 38,000-33,000 BP Middle / Upper Paleolithic
Chavín culture	oldest stone structures in Peru	South America (Lima, Peru)	approx. 850-200 BC Chr.
Chengbeixi culture		Asia (China)	approx. 5800-4700 BC Chr. Neolithic
Chimú culture		South America (Peru)	approx. 1250–1470 AD
Chinchorro culture		South America (Peru, Chile)
Chlopice-Vesele group
Chorrera culture		South America (Ecuador)	approx. 1300-300 BC Chr.
Chupícuaro culture		Central America (Mexico)	approx. 600 BC Chr.-250 AD
Chwalynsk culture		Europe (Russia)	approx. 5000-4500 BC Chr. eneolithic
Ciboney culture		Central America (Cuba, Hispaniola)
Cishan culture	similar to the Peiligang culture	Asia (North China)	approx. 5400-5100 BC Chr. Neolithic
Clactonia	"Silex Industry"	Europe (England, Central Germany)	approximately 340,000-325,000 BP paleolithic
Clovis culture		North America
Cochise culture		North America
Cortaillod culture	Part of the Chassey-Lagozza-Cortaillod culture	Europe (Switzerland)	approx. 4300-3300 BC Chr. Neolithic
Coțofeni culture
Creswellia	related to the Magdalenian ; Similarities to Hamburg culture and connections to the Tjonger group owns cave art	Europe (South England, Wales)	approx. 12,500-8000 BC Chr. end paleolithic
Csőszhalom group
Cucuteni-Tripolje culture	Cucuteni culture (Romanian part), Trypillja culture (Ukrainian part) belongs to the Southeastern European cultures that follow the band ceramic culture	Europe (Bessarabia, Romania, Moldova)	approx. 4800-3200 BC Chr. Neolithic
Cupisnique culture		South America (Peru)	approx. 1500-1000 BC Chr.

D.

Industry / culture / group	comment	distribution	Time position
Da-but culture		Asia (Vietnam)	approx. 4500–1700 BC Chr. Neolithic
Dadiwan culture	earliest known Neolithic culture of the central Shaanxi plain	Asia (China)	approx. 5800-3000 BC Chr. Neolithic
Dalton culture
Danilo Hvar culture		Europe (Croatia)	approx. 5500-4000 BC Chr.
Dawenkou culture		Asia (China)	approx. 4100-2600 BC Chr. Neolithic
Daxi culture		Asia (China)	approx. 4400-3300 BC Chr. Neolithic
Dębczyno group	also Denziner Group or West Pomeranian Group	Europe (Germany (West and Central Pomerania))	300–600 AD during the imperial period, the migration period
Denali Complex
Deverel Rimbury culture
Dian culture
Diana culture
Dieu culture
Dimini culture	Neolithic settlement with several curtain walls	Europe (Greece)	approx. 4300-3300 BC Chr. late neolithic
Dingsishan culture		Asia (China)	Upper Paleolithic / Mesolithic
Dnepr-Don culture	a hunter-gatherer culture that soon turned into an agricultural culture Parallels to the simultaneous Samara culture Burials with scattered ocher	Europe (Russia)	approx. 5000-4000 BC Chr. Neolithic
Dnepr-Dvina culture		Eastern Europe (Russia, Belarus)	800-300 BC Chr. iron age
Doll germ culture	also Samland-Natang culture	Europe (Poland, Kaliningrad Region (Samland))	A.D. 1-900 iron age
Donggutuo culture		Asia (China)	paleolithic
Dong Son culture	bronze drums are typical	Asia (Vietnam)	approx. 2000 BC Chr. -200 AD bronze / iron age
Dorset culture	see Inuit culture
Dudeşti culture		Europe (Romania)	around 6000 BC Chr. Neolithic
Duvensee Group	the oldest arches found so far in Germany	Europe (Northern Germany)	approx. 7000-6000 BC Chr. mesolithic
Dyakovskaya culture

E.

Industry / culture / group	comment	distribution	Time position
Egolzwiler culture		Europe (Central Switzerland)	approx. 4300-4000 BC Chr. Neolithic
Single grave culture		Europe (Poland, Baltic States, Southern Scandinavia, Northern Germany)	approx. 2800-2300 BC Chr. end neolithic
El Argar culture		Europe (Southeast Spain)	approx. 1800-1300 BC Chr. bronze age
Elb-Havel Group		Europe (Germany)	approx. 1300–750 BC Chr.
Elp culture		northwest central Europe	approx. 1100-850 BC Chr. bronze age
Eqeš
Erligang culture		Asia (China)	approx. 1600–1400 BC Chr. bronze age
Erlitou culture		Asia (China)	approx. 2000–1500 BC Chr. Early Bronze Age
Ertebølle culture		Europe (Denmark, Northern Germany)	approx. 5100-4100 BC Chr. late Mesolithic
Esero culture		Europe (Eastern Balkans)	approx. 3300-2700 / 2500 BC Chr. Early Bronze Age
Eskimo culture		Arctic, North America, Asia (Central and Northeast Canada, Greenland, Siberia)	approx. 3000 BC Chr.-1300 AD
Estonian culture		Europe (Northern Italy)	approx. 1000 –... BC Chr. iron age
Esztár culture
Etruscan		Europe (Italy)	approx. 800-100 BC Chr. iron age
Ewart Park phase	a phase of the British Late Bronze Age	Europe (England)	800-700 BC Chr. bronze age

F.

Industry / culture / group	comment	distribution	Time position
Fatyanovo culture		Europe (Russia)	around 2500 BC Chr. end neolithic
Fauresmith Industry	Subgroup of the Acheuleans	Africa (South Africa)	approx. 420,000-? BP Old Paleolithic
Fayum-A culture		Africa (Egypt)	approx. 4500-3500 BC Chr. Neolithic
Fayum B culture	as Qarunien referred	Africa (Egypt)	approx. 6000-5000 BC Chr. epipalaeolithic
Penknife groups	as Azilian referred	Europe	approx. 12,000-10,800 BC Chr. late Paleolithic
Feldberger Group		Europe (Germany (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania))	700–900 AD early Slavic
Fengchengdui culture
Fikirtepe culture		Europe, Asia (Turkey)	approx. 6500-6000 BC Chr. Neolithic
Folsom culture		North America (United States, Mexico)	approx. 10,800-10,150 BP stone age
Outgroup time
Fremont culture		North America (United States)	approx. 400–1400 AD
Fritzens-Sanzeno culture		Europe (Alpine region)	approx. 520 –... BC Chr. iron age
Early Paleo-Eskimo culture
Early Helladic		Europe (Greece)	approx. 3000-2000 BC Chr. Early Bronze Age
Fulin culture		Asia (China)	paleolithic

G

Industry / culture / group	distribution	Time position
Gajiganna culture	Africa (Nigeria, southern Sahara region)	approx. 1800–400 BC Chr. Neolithic
Gandhara burial culture	Asia (Pakistan, Afghanistan)	approx. 1600–500 BC Chr. bronze / iron age
Gatersleben culture	Europe (Central Germany (Harz region))	approx. 4300-3900 BC Chr. Neolithic
Gaudo culture	Europe (Southern Italy)	approx. 3150-2300 BC Chr. eneolithic
Gezidong culture	Asia (China)	paleolithic
Ghassulia culture	Asia (Levant)	around 4000 BC Chr. eneolithic
Glades culture
Glaskovo culture	Asia (Transbaikalia, Northern Mongolia)	approx. 3200-2400 BC Chr. eneolithic
Bell Beaker Culture	Europe	approx. 2600–2200 / 1800 BC Chr. end neolithic
Bell burial culture
Golasecca culture	Europe (Northern Italy, Switzerland)	approx. 1300–800 BC Chr. bronze / iron age
Goldberg III group	Europe (Southern Germany)	approx. 2900-2500 BC Chr. Neolithic
Go-Mun culture	Asia (Vietnam)	approx. 1000-700 BC Chr. bronze age
Gorokhovo culture	Eurasia (Ural region)	approx. 600–200 BC Chr. iron age
Gorodetsko Djakovsk culture
Gravettias	Europe	approximately 31,000-25,000 BP Upper Paleolithic
Grobia group
Grooved goods	Europe (Great Britain, Ireland)	approx. 3400–2000 BC Chr. Middle Neolithic
Grotta Pelos culture	Europe (Greece (Cyclades))	approx. 3000-2650 BC Chr. bronze age
Großgartacher culture	Europe (South and West Germany)	approx. 4800-4600 BC Chr. Middle Neolithic
Oberlauterbach group	Europe (Southern Germany)	approx. 5000-4600 BC Chr. Middle Neolithic
Dimple ceramic culture	Europe (Sweden, Northern Denmark, Southern Norway, Baltic States, to the Urals)	mesolithic
Guangala culture	South America (Ecuador)	300 BC BC to AD 800
Gubener Group / Gubiner Group
Gudenå culture	Europe (England, Belgium, Northern Germany, Denmark, Southern Sweden, Baltic States)	approx. 8000-4000 BC Chr. mesolithic
Gumelniţa-Karanowo VI Kodjadermen culture
Gumelniţa culture	Southeast Europe	approx. 4500-4000 BC Chr. Neolithic

H

Industry / culture / group	comment	distribution	Time position
Lagoon culture	also called Rzucewo culture Individual grave culture, arises from the late funnel cup culture	Europe (Eastern Baltic States, Polish Baltic Sea Coast, Pomerania)	approx. 5300–1750 BC Chr.
Hakataya		North America (United States)	approx. 200–1300 AD
Halaf culture		Asia (Northern Mesopotamia, Syria, Turkey)	approx. 5200-4500 BC Chr. eneolithic
Halfan culture
Hallstatt period		southern central Europe	approx. 800–650 BC Chr. early iron age
Hamangia culture		Europe (Romania, Bulgaria)	approx. 4800-4300 BC Chr. Neolithic
Hamburg culture		Europe (Netherlands, Northern Germany, Denmark, Northern Poland)	approx. 13,700-12,200 BC Chr. Late Young Paleolithic
Hanshu culture		Asia (China)	bronze age
Harpstedt-Nienburger Group		Central Europe (Northwest Germany)	iron age
Harpstedt group		Central Europe (Northern Germany)	iron age
Hassuna culture		Asia (Iraq, Syria)	approx. 5800-5260 BC Chr. Neolithic
Haßleben-Leuna Group		Central Europe (Germany)	Roman imperial times
Home urn culture		Central Europe (Northern Germany)	approx. 700 BC Chr. early iron age
Havelland culture		Central Europe (East Germany)	approx. 3200-2800 BC Chr. late neolithic
Havelte group
Helmand culture		Asia Iran, Afghanistan	approx. 3000 to 2400 BC Chr. bronze age
Hemudu culture		Asia (China)	approx. 5200 / 5000–4500 / 3300 BC Chr. Neolithic
Hensbakka		Europe (Norway, Sweden)	approx. 9500-7000 BC Chr. mesolithic
Herpály culture
Hilversum culture		Europe (Netherlands)	approx. 1800–900 BC Chr. Early Bronze Age
Menhir group		Europe (Southwest Germany)	approx. 5000-4800 BC Chr. Middle Neolithic
Hissar culture		Asia (Uzbekistan, Tajikistan)	Neolithic
Hoabinhian		Asia (Vietnam)	approx. 12,000-10,000 BC Chr. mesolithic
Hohokam culture		North America	300–1500 AD
Hongshan culture		Asia (Northeast China)	approx. 4700-2900 BC Chr. Neolithic
Hopewell culture		North America (United States)	approx. 300 BC BC-500 AD
Horgen culture		Europe (Western Switzerland, Southwest Germany)	approx. 3500-2800 BC Chr. late neolithic
Hornstaader Group
Houli culture		Asia (China)	approx. 8200-7800 BP early neolithic
Howieson's Poort Industry	Stone tool industry with early blade technology	Africa (South Africa)	Middle Stone Age
Hunsrück-Eifel culture		Europe (Middle Rhine region)	approx. 620–250 BC Chr. iron age
Hushu culture		Asia (China)	bronze age
Hutberg Group		Europe (Germany)	Neolithic

I.

Industry / culture / group	comment	distribution	Time position
Ibéromaurusia		North africa	approx. 17,000–8,000 BC Chr. epipalaeolithic
Imbonga horizon		Africa (Congo)	approx. 800–200 BC Chr. Neolithic
Imereti culture		Caucasus, Georgia	approx. 8000 BC BC-6000 BC Chr.
Independence-I culture	see Inuit culture
Independence II culture	see Inuit culture
Indus culture		Asia (India)	approx. 2800–1800 BC Chr. neolithic / eneolithic
Inga culture		South America (Ecuador)	approx. 9050/7000 to 6050 BC Chr. Neolithic
Inca		South America	approx. 1300–1600 AD
Internal culture
Ipoteşti-Cândeşti culture	by some authors as part of Penkovka culture viewed	Europe (Romania, Moldova)	approx. 600–800 AD Slavic
Irmen culture		Asia (Siberia)	approx. 1200–400 BC Chr. Late Bronze Age
Iwno group

J

Industry / culture / group	comment	distribution	Time position
Jabrudia
Yamnaya culture		Eastern Europe	approx. 3600-3200 BC Chr. eneolithic
Yarmuk culture		Levant (Israel, Jordan)	approx. 6000 / 5700-5000 BC Chr. ceramic-bearing Neolithic
Jastorf culture		Europe	approx. 600 BC Chr.-0 iron age
Ekaterininka culture		Asia (Siberia)	approx. 4300-3700 BC Chr. Neolithic
Jessik Beschsatyr culture		Central Asia	approx. 500-300 BC Chr. iron age
Jevišovice culture		south-east central Europe	eneolithic
Jiroft culture		Asia (Iran)	around 2200 BC Chr. bronze age
Jōmon time		Asia (Japan)	approx. 10,000-300 BC Chr. Neolithic
Jordansmühler culture	also known as the Jordanov culture	Eastern Central Europe (Silesia, Moravia, Bohemia)	approx. 4300-3900 BC Chr. Neolithic

K

Industry / culture / group	comment	distribution	Time position
Comb ceramic culture
Kapeni culture		Africa (Malawi)	approx. 800–1100 AD iron age
Karanovo cultures		Europe (Bulgaria)	approx. 6200-4000 cal v. Chr. neolithic / eneolithic
Karassuk culture		Asia (South Siberia)	around 1200 BC Chr. bronze age
Karuo culture		Asia (China, Tibet)	approx. 3200-2000 BC Chr. Neolithic
Karym culture
Kastri culture		Europe (Greece)	approx. 2400–2100 BC Chr. bronze age
Catacomb tomb culture		Europe (Russia, Ukraine)	approx. 2500-2000 BC Chr. late Neolithic / Copper Stone Age
Kayue culture		Asia (Northwest China)	approx. 900–600 BC Chr. bronze age
Kebaria
Kehe culture		Asia (China)	paleolithic
Celtic seminar culture		Asia (Kazakhstan)
Kemi Oba culture
Kerma culture		Africa (Upper Nubia)	approx. 3500–1450 BC Chr.
Keros Syros culture		Europe (Greece (Cyclades))	approx. 2700-2300 BC Chr. bronze age
Khiamien
Khirbet Kerak culture
Khojaly Gadabay culture
Kiev culture		Europe (Ukraine, Russia, Belarus)	approx. 100–500 AD iron age
Kiffian culture
Killke culture
Kintampo culture		Africa (Ghana, Ivory Coast)	approx. 2200-700 BC Chr. Neolithic
Klosterlund		Europe (Denmark (Jutland))	approx. 8000-7000 BC Chr. mesolithic
Knovíz culture		Europe (Central and Northwest Bohemia)	approx. 1300–800 BC Chr. Middle Bronze Age
Koban culture		Eurasia (Caucasus region)	approx. 1200–400 BC Chr. late bronze / iron age
Kofun time		Asia (Japan)	approx. 250-538 AD
Colchis culture		Europe (West Georgia)	approx. 1700-600 BC Chr. Middle Bronze / Early Iron Age
Kolochin culture		Europe (Russia, Belarus, Ukraine)	approx. 400–700 AD Slavic
Komsa culture		Europe (Northern Norway)	around 10,000 BC Chr. paleolithic
Congemosis culture		Europe (England, northern Central and Eastern Europe, southern Scandinavia)	approx. 6000-5200 BC Chr. mesolithic
Körös culture		Southeast Europe	approx. 6200-5600 BC Chr. early neolithic
Korchak culture	eastern part of the Prague Korchak culture	Europe (Ukraine, Belarus)	approx. 500–700 AD iron age
Kosihy-Caka group
Krasnoosero culture
Krotovo culture
Kuban culture
Globe amphora culture		Europe (Germany, Poland, Bohemia, Ukraine) flows into the Pontus region (Yamna culture)	approx. 3100-2700 BC Chr. copper age
Kulaika culture		Asia (Siberia)	approx. 400 BC Chr.-400 AD iron age
Kulli culture		Asia (Iran (Balochistan))	approx. 2500–1900 BC Chr. bronze age
Culture of San Jerónimo		Central America (Mexico)	approx. 300 BC Chr.-300 AD
Cultures of Abealzu-Filigosa		Europe (Sardinia)	approx. 3200-2700 BC Chr. copper age
Kunda culture		Europe (Baltic States, Northern Russia)	approx. 7400-6000 BC Chr. mesolithic
Copper hoard culture		Asia (North India)	around 2000 BC Chr. Copper Age
Kura Araxes Culture		Eurasia (Caucasus region)	approx. 3500 / 3000-2000 / 1900 BC Chr. Early Bronze Age
Spa culture		Europe	approx. 5000-3000 BC Chr. neolithic / copper age
Cycladic culture		Europe (Greece (Cyclades))	approx. 3000-1100 BC Chr. bronze age

L.

Industry / culture / group	comment	distribution	Time position
La Hoguette group		Western and Central Europe	approx. 5800-5500 BC Chr. Neolithic
La Venta culture	Olmecs	Central America	approx. 1500–400 BC Chr.
Lac Viet culture
Lambayeque culture		South America (Peru)	approx. 700-1345
Laoguantai culture		Asia (China)	approx. 6000-5000 BC BC / approx. 6000-3000 BC Chr. Neolithic
Lapita culture		Oceania (Melanesia, Polynesian Islands)	approx. 1500–800 BC Chr. Neolithic
Las Vegas culture		South America (Ecuador)	approx. 8000 to 4600 BC Chr. pre-ceramic / neolithic
La Tène time		Central Europe	approx. 480–0 / 30 AD iron age
Laufelder culture
Lye-melaun culture		Europe (Alpine region)	approx. 1400 –... BC Chr. Late Bronze / Early Iron Age
Lauricocha culture		South America (Peru)	approx. 8000-2500 BC Chr. Stone Age / Pre-Ceramic
Lusatian culture		Central Europe	approx. 1300–500 BC Chr. bronze / iron age
Lažňany-Hunyadihalom culture
Lebus-Lausitz Group	also luboszyce culture called	Central Europe (Germany, Poland)	approx. 100–400 AD Germanic
Leithaprodersdorf Group		Europe: (Austria, Burgenland, Lower Austria south of the Danube between Vienna Woods and Leithagebirge)	approx. 2300–2000 BC Chr. early bronze age
Lengyel culture		Europe (Austria, Southwest Slovakia, West Hungary, Moravia, Croatia, Poland, South Germany)	approx. 5000 –... BC Chr. Neolithic
Liangzhu culture		Asia (China)	approx. 3400–2000 BC Chr. Neolithic
Liaoning bronze dagger culture
Lietzow culture
Lima culture
Limburg Group
Lipiţa culture
Liyuqiao culture
Longshan culture		Asia (China)	approx. 3200-1850 BC Chr. Neolithic
Longwe culture		East Africa (Malawi)	around 1000 AD iron age
Los Millares culture	Los Millares (settlement)	Europe (Spain)	Copper Age
Luboszyce culture		Central Europe (Germany, Poland)	approx. 100–400 AD Germanic
Luka Rajky culture		Eastern Europe (Ukraine)	approx. 600–900 AD Slavic
Lupemban culture		Central Africa (Angola, South Africa, Sudan)	approx. 300,000– late Middle Paleolithic
Lübsow Group		Europe (Poland)	early imperial / Germanic
Lueneburg group		Central Europe (Central Germany)	bronze age
Lyngby culture		Europe (Denmark)	approx. 11,400-10,500 BC Chr. late Paleolithic

M.

Industry / culture / group	comment	distribution	Time position
Maadi culture		Africa (Lower Egypt)	approx. 4000-3500 BC Chr. eneolithic
Machalilla culture		South America (Ecuador)	approx. 1800-1000 / 800 BC Chr. Neolithic
Machandzhar culture		Asia (Kazakhstan)
Mad'arovce Group
Magdalenian		Central and Western Europe	approximately 18,000-12,000 BP Upper Paleolithic
Maglemose culture	oldest Mesolithic culture of the northern European lowlands	Northern Europe (England, Northern Germany, Denmark, Southern Sweden, Baltic States ( Kunda culture ))	approx. 8000-6000 BC Chr. mesolithic
Majemir level
Majiabang culture		Asia (China)	approx. 4750–3700 BC Chr. Neolithic
Majiayao culture		Asia (China)	approx. 3000-2000 BC Chr. late neolithic
Mal'ta-Buret 'culture	Malta (Russia) (location)
Maomaodong culture		Asia (China)	approx. 14,600 ± 1200 BP paleolithic
Manteño guancavilca culture		South America (Ecuador)	approx. 700–1600 AD
Mariupol culture	Mariupol burial ground
Mawudzu culture		Africa (Malawi)	approx. 1200–1750 AD
Maya		Central America	approx. 3000 BC Until today
Megalithic culture		Europe, North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia)	neolithic / bronze age
Mehrgarh		South asia (Pakistan (Balochistan))	approx. 7000–1700? v. Chr. neolithic / bronze age
Milking group
Memel culture	also called the Nemunas culture	Europe (Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, Kaliningrad Region)	approx. 7000-3000 BC Chr. Mesolithic / Neolithic
Memelland culture		Europe (Lithuania)	approx. 100–700 AD iron age
Menkendorfer Group		Europe (Germany (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania))	approx. 800–1000 AD Middle Slavic
Merimde culture		Africa (Egypt)	approx. 5100-4000 BC Chr. Neolithic
Meshovskoye culture
Miaohoushan culture
Michelsberg culture		Central Europe	approx. 4400-3500 BC Chr. Neolithic
Micoquiae		Europe	approximately 130,000-70,000 BP Middle Paleolithic
Mierczanowice Group
Milazzese culture		Europe (Aeolian Islands, Ustica)	approx. 1450-1270 BC Chr. Middle Bronze Age
Milograd culture		Europe (Belarus, Ukraine)	approx. 700–1 BC Chr. iron age
Minoan culture		Europe (Greece (Crete))	approx. (6000) 3100–1100 BC Chr. neolithic / bronze age
Mississippi culture		North America (United States)	approx. 900–1600 AD
Central Dnieper culture
Central Adriatic culture	Collective term for the pre-Roman population of Abruzzo in Italy	Europe (Italy)	approx. 700-500 BC Chr. iron age
Moche culture		South America (Peru)	approx. 1-800 AD Copper Age / Bronze Age
Mogollon culture		North America (United States, Mexico)	approx. 200/250 BC Chr.-1400/1540 AD
Mokaya culture		Central America (Mexico)	approx. 1900 / 1700–900 BC Chr.
Mondsee culture		Europe (Austria)	approx. 3800-3300 BC Chr. Neolithic
Monte Alto culture		Central America (Guatemala)	approx. 1500 BC Chr. -200 AD
Monte Claro culture		Europe (Sardinia)	approx. 2700-2200 BC Chr. eneolithic
Monteoru culture		Southeast Europe (Romania, Moldova, Ukraine)	approx. 3000-? v. Chr. bronze age
Moschtschiny culture		Europe (Russia)	approx. 300–700 AD iron age
Moustérien		Europe	approximately 120,000-40,000 BP Middle Paleolithic
Münchshöfen culture		Europe (Southern Germany)	approx. 4500-3900 / 3800 BC Chr. Neolithic
Mycenaean culture		Europe (Greece)	approx. 1700 / 1600-1050 BC Chr. Late Bronze Age

N

Industry / culture / group	comment	distribution	Time position
Nal culture		Asia (Pakistan (Balochistan))	around 3300 BC Chr.
Nampula tradition		Africa (Northern Mozambique)	approx. 300–1300 AD iron age
Naqada culture		Africa (Egypt)	approx. 4500-3000 BC Chr. eneolithic
Narva culture		Europe (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, former East Prussia)	approx. 4500-3500 BC Chr. semi-neolithic
Natufien		Asia (Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria)	approx. 12,000-9500 / 9000 BC Chr. Mesolithic / Neolithic
Naumburg group		Central Europe (Germany (Thuringia))	approx. 300–60 BC Chr. iron age
Nazca culture		South America (Peru)	approx. 200 BC Chr.-800 AD
Neckar Group		Central Europe (Southern Germany)	Early Bronze Age
Nenana complex		North America (Alaska)	approx 11,340 ± 150 BP-10,820 ± 200 BP stone age
Neman culture			approx. 7000-3000 BC Chr. eneolithic
Nemunas culture			approx. 7000-3000 BC Chr. eneolithic
New Eskimo culture
Niaosung culture
Lower Rhine burial mound culture	Probably the Belgians	Europe (Netherlands, West Germany)	approx. 1200–800 BC Chr. bronze age / iron age
Nitra group
Nkope culture		Africa (Malawi, Eastern Zambia, Mozambique)	approx. 250–1000 AD iron age
Nok culture		Africa (Central Nigeria)	approx. 500 BC Chr. -200 AD iron age
North Caspian culture
Norrbottn culture group		Europe (Sweden)	mesolithic
Norrland slate culture
Norte Chico culture		South America (Peru)	first beginnings around 9000 BC Chr. Main phase approx. 3500–1800 BC Chr. pre-ceramic
Norton tradition		Asia / North America (Alaska, Bering Sea)
Norwood culture	Subculture of the Archaic culture	North America (United States (Northern Florida, Appalachian Mountains))	eneolithic
Nosilowo group		Eurasia (Ural region)	approx. 900–600 BC Chr. early iron age
Novocherkassk culture
Nuomuhong culture		Asia (China)	approx. 3300-2900 BP bronze age
Nuragic culture		Europe (Sardinia)	approx. 1800–500 BC Chr. bronze age / iron age

O

Industry / culture / group	comment	distribution	Time position
Oasis culture		Asia (Turkmenistan, Afghanistan)	approx. 2200–1700 BC Chr. bronze age
Obed time		Asia (Mesopotamia)	approx. 5500-3500 BC Chr. eneolithic
Upper Ob culture
Upper Xiajiadian Culture
Okunew culture		Asia (South Siberia)	around 2000 BC Chr. bronze age
Okhotsk culture
Oldesloer Group		Central Europe (Northern Germany)	approx. 6000-5000 BC Chr. mesolithic
Oldowan	world's oldest stone tools	Africa, Europe, Asia	approx. 2,600,000-1,500,000 BP Old Paleolithic
Olshevia	Special form of the Aurignacien	Europe (Slovenia)	approx. 33,000-26,000 BP Upper Paleolithic
Olsztyn culture	also called Western Masurian culture	Europe (Poland)	approx. 400–700 AD iron age
Oltome tradition		East Africa (Kenya)	around 5000 BC Chr.
Omari culture		Africa (Lower Egypt)	approx. 4600-4400 BC Chr. Neolithic
Ordos culture		Asia (China)	??? approx. 50,000 BP-200 BC Chr. ??? ??? Middle / Upper Palaeolithic / Mesolithic / Neolithic / Bronze Age ???
Osteodontokeratic culture	large collection of animal bones → outdated theory according to which Australopithecus africanus used bones for hunting
Eastern Lithuanian tumulus culture		Europe (Lithuania, Belarus)	approx. 40–1300 AD Iron Age / Early Medieval
Oxhöft culture	also called the Oksywie culture	Europe (Northern Poland)	approx. 200-100 BC Chr. iron age
Ozieri culture		Europe (Sardinia)	approx. 4000–3200 BC Chr. Neolithic

P

Industry / culture / group	comment	distribution	Time position
Paleo-Indians		North America (Canada, United States)	approximately 14,300 BP-8,000 BC Chr. stone age
Paleo-Eskimo culture
Pantalica culture	also Pantalica northern culture	Europe (Sicily)	approx. 13.-7. Century BC Chr.
Paquimé culture	Paquimé	North America (Mexico)	approx. 1–1821 AD
Paracas culture		South America (Peru (Paracas Peninsula))	approx. 900–200 BC Chr.
Pazyryk level		Asia (Altai region)	approx. 500-300 BC Chr. iron age
Pavlovia	regional expression of Gravettia	Europe (Moravia, Lower Austria, Slovakia)	Upper Paleolithic
Peiligang culture		Asia (North China)	approx. 5600-4900 BC Chr. early neolithic
Pengtoushan culture		Asia (China)	approx. 7500-6100 BC Chr. Neolithic
Penkovka culture		Eastern Europe (Ukraine, Moldova)	approx. 400–800 AD Slavic
Périgordia	regional structure of the early to middle Upper Palaeolithic	Europe (South West France)	approximately 38,000-21,000 BP Upper Paleolithic
Peterborough goods		Europe (Great Britain)	about 3400-2500 cal. v. Chr. Middle Neolithic
Petreşti culture
Petrovka culture
Pan-burial culture		Africa (Lower Nubia, Upper Egypt)	around 1800 BC Chr. bronze age
Pfyner culture		Europe (Southern Germany, Switzerland)	approx. 3900-3500 BC Chr. Neolithic
PGW culture
Philia culture		Asia (Cyprus)	approx. 2500-2000 BC Chr. Early Bronze Age
Phung Nguyen culture		Asia (Vietnam)	approx. 5000-4000 BC Chr. Neolithic
Plano culture
Plate burial culture		Asia (Transbaikalia, Northern Mongolia)	approx. 1200 –... BC Chr. bronze age
Poieneşti-Lukaševka culture		Europe (Ukraine, Moldova, Romania)	approx. 300 BC Chr.-400 AD iron age
Polada culture		Europe (Northern Italy)	approx. 2200 to 1750 BC Chr. Early Bronze Age
Pollinger group		Europe (Southern Germany)	approx. 4100-3900 BC Chr. Neolithic
Poltavka culture		Eurasia (Ural region, western Kazakhstan)	approx. 2700–2100 BC Chr. middle bronze age
Pomeranian face urn culture		Europe (Poland)	around 700 BC Chr. iron age
Posdnyakovsk culture
Potapovka culture		Europe (Volga region)	approx. 2500-2000 BC Chr. bronze age
Potschewash culture
Prague Korchak culture	included the Prague culture , Korchak culture , Sukow Dziedzice group , Szeligi group	Europe (Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Belarus, Ukraine)	approx. 400–700 AD Slavic
Prague culture	Part of the Prague Korchak culture	Europe (Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Germany)	approx. 500–700 AD early Slavic
Pre-Akumite period	Post Neolithic period, probably not a Bronze Age, but copper and iron	Africa (Ethiopia)	iron age
Pre-Harappa tradition
Pre-ceramic Neolithic		Asia (Middle East)	approx. 9500-6400 BC Chr. Neolithic
Pre-ceramic Neolithic A		Asia (Middle East)	approx. 9500-8800 BC Chr. Neolithic
Pre-ceramic Neolithic B		Asia (Middle East)	approx. 8800-7000 BC Chr. Neolithic
Pre-Ceramic Neolithic C		Asia (Middle East)	approx. 7000-6400 BC Chr. Neolithic
Predsusgun culture
Prikasansker culture
Proto-Indo-Europeans		Northern Europe, Europe	late Neolithic / Early Bronze Age
Przeworsk culture		Europe (Poland)	approx. 230 BC BC-550 AD iron age
Psinomani culture		North America (United States, Canada)	approx. 1000–1750 AD
Puchau culture	also called Púchov culture	Europe (Slovakia)	approx. 200-100 BC Chr. iron age
Pueblo culture		North America (United States)

Q

Industry / culture / group	comment	distribution	Time position
Qaraoun culture		Asia (Lebanon)	Neolithic
Qarunia	as Fayum B culture referred	Africa (Egypt)	approx. 6000-5000 BC Chr. epipalaeolithic
Qijia culture		Asia (China)	around 2000 BC Chr. neolithic / eneolithic
Quimbaya culture		South America (Colombia)	approx. 600/100 BC Chr.-1600 AD
Qingliangang culture		Asia (China, Tibet)	approx. 5400-4400 BC Chr. Neolithic
Qugong culture		Asia (China)	Neolithic
Qujialing culture		Asia (China)	approx. 2750-2650 BC Chr. Neolithic

R.

Industry / culture / group	comment	distribution	Time position
Remedello culture		Southern Europe (Northern Italy)	around 3000 BC Chr.
Rhine-Maas-Scheldt Mesolithic		Europe	approx. 7400-? v. Chr. mesolithic
Rissener group
Roucedour culture
Rössen culture		Central Europe	approx. 4500-4300 BC Chr. Neolithic
Röthaer Group	named after the Rötha pottery	Central Europe (Germany (Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia))	approx. 700–1000 AD early Slavic
Rüssen Group	named after the Russian ceramics	Central Europe (Germany (Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia))	approx. 600–800 AD early Slavic
Rzucewo culture	also called Haffküstenkultur	Europe (Poland, Kaliningrad Region, Lithuania)	approx. 2700-600 BC Chr. Neolithic

S.

Industry / culture / group	comment	distribution	Time position
Sa Huynh culture		Asia (Vietnam)	approx. 1000-200 BC Chr. iron age
Saale estuary group		Europe (Germany)	approx. 1300–750 BC Chr. bronze / iron age
Sagly bashi culture		Asia (Siberia)	approx. 500-300 BC Chr. iron age
Saladoid culture		Central America (Venezuela, Caribbean Islands)	approx. 500 BC BC-545 AD
Salzmünder culture	Subgroup of the funnel cup culture	Central Europe (Germany)	approx. 3400-3000 BC Chr. Neolithic
Samara culture		Europe (Russia)	around 5000 BC Chr. eneolithic
Samarra culture		Asia (Middle East)	approx. 5500-5000 BC Chr. Neolithic
Samus culture		Asia (Western Siberia)	around 2000 BC Chr. bronze age
San Agustin culture		South America (Colombia)	approx. 3300 BC BC-1550 AD
San Patrice culture
Sangoan	Variation of the Jungacheuléen	Central, South and East Africa	400,000–
Sao culture		Africa (Northwest Nigeria, North Cameroon, Western Chad)	approx. 500 BC Chr.-1600 AD iron age
Saône-Rhône culture		Europe (France, Switzerland)	approx. 2800 BC BC-2400 BC Chr. Stone / Bronze Age
Saqqaq culture		North America (Greenland)	approx. 2400-800 BC Chr. Neolithic
Sargat culture		Eurasia (Ural region)	approx. 500 BC Chr.-400 AD iron age
Sarubinzy culture		Eastern Europe (Ukraine, Belarus)	approx. 300 BC Chr. -100 AD iron age
Satrup level		Central Europe	around 3500 BC Chr. Neolithic
Satsumon culture		Asia (Japan)	approx. 700 BC BC - 1200 BC Chr.
Sauveterries		Southern Europe (Italy)	approx. 8000-6500 BC Chr. mesolitic (towards the end)
Scamozzina culture
Schengavit culture
Corded Ceramic Culture		Central Europe	approx. 2800–2200 BC Chr. eneolithic
Schönfeld culture		Central Europe (Germany)	approx. 2900–2100 BC Chr. late neolithic
Schöninger Group		Europe (Germany)	approx. 4200-4000 BC Chr. Neolithic
Shulaveri Shomutepe culture
Shurmak culture		Asia (South Siberia)	approx. 200 BC Chr. -200 AD iron age
Schussenried Group		Central Europe (Southern Germany)	approx. 4200-3700 BC Chr. Neolithic
Schwieberdinger Group		Central Europe (Southern Germany)	approx. 4300-4200 BC Chr. Neolithic
Seine-Oise-Marne culture		Europe (Northern France, Belgium)	approx. 3100–2000 BC Chr. endneolite
Seroglazovo culture
Serra d'Alto group
Sesklo culture	Location: Sesklo	Europe (Greece)	approx. 6500 –... BC Chr. Neolithic
Shajing culture		Asia (China)	approx. 1300–789 BC Chr. bronze age
Shanbei culture		Asia (China)	approximately 5000-4500 BP late neolithic
Shangshan culture
Shangzhai culture		Asia (China)	Neolithic
Shijiahe culture		Asia (China)	approx. 2600–2000 BC Chr. Neolithic
Shilongtou culture		Asia (China)	paleolithic
Shiyu culture	also Zhiyu culture Shiyu man	Asia (China)	approx. 28,000 BP paleolithic
Shixia culture		Asia (China)	approx. 2900-2700 BC Chr. Neolithic
Shuicheng culture		Asia (China)	paleolithic
Shuidonggou culture		Asia (China)	paleolithic
Sinagua culture		North America (United States)
Singen group		Central Europe (Southern Germany)	approx. 2300-2100 BC Chr. Early Bronze Age
Sintashta culture	earliest chariot finds	Eurasia (Ural region)	approx. 2100–1800 BC Chr. bronze age
Siwa culture		Asia (China)	approx. 1400–1100 BC Chr. bronze age
Skelya culture
Soest group		Europe (Germany)	Neolithic
Sögel-Wohlde-Circle		Europe (Netherlands, Northern France, Northern Germany)	approx. 1600-1000 BC Chr. Early Bronze Age
Solutréen		Western, Central and Eastern Europe	approx. 22,000-18,000 BP Upper Paleolithic
Songze culture		Asia (China)	approx. 3900-3200 BC Chr. Neolithic
Late corporate culture		Asia (Siberia)	around 1000 BC Chr. bronze age / iron age
Late Susgun culture
Sredny Stog culture		Eurasia (Ural region)	approx. 4500-3500 BC Chr. neolithic / eneolithic
Srubna culture		Europe (Ukraine, Caucasus)	approx. 1600–1200 BC Chr. Late Bronze Age
Starčevo culture		Southeast Europe (Serbia, Southern Transdanubia, Northern Croatia, Bosnia)	early neolithic
Stentinello culture	Part of the cardial or imprint culture	Europe (Sicily, Malta)	approx. 6000 –... BC Chr. Neolithic
Stitch band ceramics		Central Europe	approx. 4900-4500 BC Chr. Neolithic
Straubinger Group		Central Europe (Southern Germany, Switzerland)	approx. 2300–1600 BC Chr. Early Bronze Age
Line ceramic culture		Europe (Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus)	approx. 700 BC BC-500 AD iron age
Sukow Dziedzice Group		Europe (south of the Baltic Sea)	Slavic
Sultania		Asia	approx. 11,600-11,000 calBP epipalaeolithic / pre-ceramic Neolithic
Susgun culture		Asia (Siberia)	around 1700 BC Chr. Middle Bronze Age
Suvorovo culture
Swat culture
Swideria	Device industry	Europe (Belarus, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary)	approx. 13,000-9500 BC Chr. Upper Paleolithic
Swift Creek Culture
Swifterbant culture		Europe (Netherlands, Belgium)	approx. 5000–3400 BC Chr late Mesolithic / Neolithic
Szákálhat culture
Szeletia	Transition industry	Eastern and Central Europe	approximately 50,000-35,000 BP Middle Paleolithic / Upper Paleolithic

T

Industry / culture / group	comment	distribution	Time position
Tagar culture		Asia (Siberia)	approx. 900-300 BC Chr. iron age
Tahu culture
Talayotic culture		Europe (Balearic Islands, western Mediterranean)	approx. 1300-200 BC Chr. bronze age / iron age
Tambora culture
Tangjiagang culture		Asia (China)	approx. 7000-6400 BP Neolithic
Tangwang culture		Asia (China)	bronze age
Tanshishan culture		Asia (China)	approx. 3000-2000 BC Chr. Neolithic
Tardenoisie		Europe (Northern France (Tardenois), Belgium)	approx. 6000-5000 BC Chr. late Mesolithic
Tasa culture		Africa (Middle Egypt)	approx. 4300-4000 BC Chr. Neolithic
Tashtyk culture		Asia (Siberia)	approx. 100–600 AD iron age
Tasmola culture		Central Asia (Kazakhstan)	approx. 700-300 BC Chr. iron age
Tayacias
Tenerife	also called Ténéré culture	Africa (Niger, southern Sahara)	approx. 6000-2500 BC Chr. Neolithic
Terramare culture		Europe (Italy)	approx. 1750-1250 BC Chr. Middle Bronze Age
Tes level		Asia (Siberia)	approx. 300 BC Chr. -100 AD iron age
Tisza culture		Southeast Europe (Eastern Hungary, Yugoslavia, Romania)	late neolithic
Thule culture	see Inuit culture
Thuringian culture		Europe (Germany)	approx. 750-300 BC Chr. iron age
Tiszadob group
Tiszapolgár culture		Europe (Hungary, Eastern Slovakia)	approx. 4500-4000 BC Chr. Copper Age
Tjonger group	belongs to the penknife groups	Europe (Netherlands, Belgium)	Upper Paleolithic
Tlatilco culture		North America (Mexico)	approx. 1500-1000 BC
Tolima culture		South America (Colombia)	approx. 1000 BC AD 700/1150
Toltecs		Central America	approx. 1000–1200 AD
Tongliang culture		Asia (China)	approx. 24,450 ± 850 BP Upper Paleolithic
Torre culture		Europe (Corsica)	approx. 1600–800 BC Chr. bronze age
Toutswe culture		Africa (Botswana)	approx. 680–1300 AD iron age
Trialeti culture		Eurasia (Armenia, East Georgia)	approx. 2200–1500 BC Chr. bronze age
Trials	Stone tools industry	Eurasia (Caucasian-Anatolian region)	Upper Paleolithic / Epipalaeolithic
Funnel beaker culture		northern central Europe	approx. 4200-2800 BC Chr. Neolithic
Chaatas culture
Chernyakhov culture	Scientific Chernogorovka and Novocherkassk cultures presumably identical to the Kimmerern	Eastern Europe (Ukraine, Chernogorovka) (Rus, on the Azov Sea)	approx. 900–650 BC Chr. (Chernogorovka period approx. 900–750 BC. Novocherkassk period approx. 750–650 BC Chr.) iron age
Chitolian industry		Central Africa	Upper Paleolithic
Tumaco La Tolita Culture		South America (Ecuador, Colombia)	approx. 1000 BC Chr.-400 AD
Tuschemlja culture	also Tushlya Banzerov culture	Eastern Europe (Belarus, Russia)	approx. 300–700 AD iron age

U

Industry / culture / group	comment	distribution	Time position
Uluzzia		Europe (Italy, Greece)	approx. 45,000-37,000 BP Upper Paleolithic
Umm-an-Nar culture		Asia (United Arab Emirates)	approx. 2700 / 2600-2000 BC Chr. bronze age
Umm Dabaghiyah Sotto culture	also called Proto-Hassuna culture	Asia (Iraq, Syria)	Neolithic
Unstan goods		Europe (Scotland)	approx. 3600 / 3500–3200 BC Chr. Neolithic
Unstrut group	also called Waltersleben Group	Europe (Germany)	approx. 1300–750 BC Chr. bronze / iron age
Lower Don Culture
Lower Mikhaylovka group
Lower Xiajiadian Culture
Unterwölblinger Group		Europe (Austria, central Lower Austria)	approx. 2300–1800 BC Chr. early bronze age
Urnfield culture		Europe	approx. 1300–800 BC Chr. Late Bronze Age
Uruk time	last prehistoric era of Mesopotamia	Asia (Mesopotamia)	approx. 3900 / 3700–3100 / 2900 BC Chr.
Usatovo culture		Europe	approx. 3300-3200 BC Chr. Copper Age
Ust-mil culture		Asia (Northeast Siberia (Yakutia))	approx. 1200–500 BC Chr. bronze age

V

Industry / culture / group	comment	distribution	Time position
Valdivia culture		South America (Ecuador)	approx. 3950–1750 BC Chr.
Vasi-a-bocca-quadrata culture	ital. "Cultura dei vasi a bocca quadrata"	Europe (Northern Italy)	around 4500 BC Chr. Middle Neolithic
Velikent culture
Věteřov culture		Central Europe	approx. 1800-1500 BC Chr. early / middle bronze age
Vicús culture		South America
Villanova culture		Europe (Italy)	approx. 1000-500 BC Chr. iron age
Villeneuve-Saint-Germain group		Europe (France)	approx. 5100-4700 BC Chr. Neolithic
Vinča culture		Southeast Europe (Serbia, Western Romania, Southern Hungary, Eastern Bosnia)	approx. 5400-4500 BC Chr. Middle / late Neolithic / Eeneolithic
Virú culture		South America
Vlaardingen culture		Europe (Netherlands)	approx. 3350–1950 BC Chr. early neolithic
Vučedol culture		Southeast Europe (Slovenia, Croatia, West Hungary, South Slovakia, Lower Austria)	approx. 3000-2200 BC Chr. late eeolithic

W.

Industry / culture / group	distribution	Time position
Wadi Rabah culture	Asia	approx. 5500-4500 BC Chr. neolithic / copper stone age
Walternienburg-Bernburg culture	Central Europe	approx. 3200-2800 BC Chr. Middle Neolithic
Wari culture	South America (Peru)	approx. 600–1100 AD
Varna culture	Southeast Europe (Bulgaria)	approx. 4600-4100 BC Chr. eneolithic
Wartberg culture	Central Europe	approx. 3500-2800 BC Chr. late neolithic
Wehlener Group
Wessex culture	Europe (Great Britain)	approx. 2000–1600 BC Chr. Early Bronze Age
West Baltic barrow culture	Europe (Poland, Kaliningrad Region, Lithuania, Belarus)	approx 600v. Chr. -100 AD iron age
Western Neolithic ware	Europe (British Isles, Ireland)	Middle Neolithic
West Siberian tumulus culture
Wešweš
Wielbark culture	Europe (Poland)	approx. 100 BC Chr.-400 AD bronze age / iron age
Wieselburg culture	Europe (Lower Austria, between the Vienna Woods, Danube, Raab)	approx. 2000–1600 BC Chr. early bronze age
Wilton culture
Windmill Hill Culture
Woodland period	North America (United States, Canada)	approx. 1000/500 BC Chr.-1000/1200 AD
Vorobyevo group
Wucheng culture

X

Industry / culture / group	comment	distribution	Time position
Xiachuan culture		Asia (China)	approximately 26,000-18,000 BP Upper Paleolithic
Xiaochangliang culture		Asia (China)	paleolithic
Xiaoheyan culture		Asia (China)	approx. 3000-2000 BC Chr. Neolithic
Xiaonanhai culture		Asia (North China)	approx. 22,650–21,650 BC Chr. Upper Paleolithic
Xihoudu culture		Asia (North China)	1,800,000 BP Old Paleolithic
Xindian culture		Asia (China)	around 1000 BC Chr. bronze age
Xinglongwa culture		Asia (China (Inner Mongolia))	approx. 6200-5400 BC Chr. Neolithic
Xinkailiu culture		Asia (North China)	Neolithic
Xinle culture		Asia (Northeast China)	approx. 5500-4800 BC Chr. Neolithic
Xiongnu	Tribal union of equestrian nomads	Asia (Mongolia, Northern China, Eastern Kazakhstan, Southern Siberia)	approx. 300 BC Chr.-400 AD
Xituanshan culture		Asia (Northeast China)	bronze age

Y

Industry / culture / group	distribution	Time position
Yanbulaq culture	Asia (China)	paleolithic
Yangshao culture	Asia (Central and North China)	approx. 5000-2000 BC Chr. Neolithic
Yayoi time	Asia (Japan)	approx. 300 BC Chr.-300 AD
Yaz culture	Asia (Turkmenistan)	approx. 1500–1100 BC Chr. iron age
Yingpanshan culture	Asia (China)	around 5000 BP Neolithic
Yingpu culture	Asia (Taiwan)	about 3500-2000 BP Neolithic
Ymyjachtach culture
Youziling culture	Asia (China)	Neolithic
Yueshi culture	Asia (China)	approx. 1900–1600 BC Chr. bronze age

Z

Industry / culture / group	distribution	Time position
Zaoshi culture of the lower class	Asia (China)	approx. 7500-7000 BC Chr. Neolithic
Zarzien	Asia (Iran to the Southwest Caucasus, especially the Zagros Mountains)	approx. 12,400-8500 BC Chr.
Zhaobaogou culture	Asia (North China)	approx. 7000-6400 BP Neolithic
Zhukaigou culture	Asia (China (Inner Mongolia))	approx. ... - 1500 BC Chr. neolithic / bronze age
Zók group