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Neolithic: Definition and Much More from Answers.com (2857 words) |
 | B.C. There the domestication of plants and animals was probably begun by the Mesolithic Natufian peoples, leading to the establishment of settled villages based on the cultivation of cereals, including wheat, barley, and millet, and the raising of cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs. |
| B.C., Neolithic cultures based on the cultivation of corn, beans, squash, and other plants were present in Mexico and South America, leading to the rise of the Inca and Aztec civilizations and spreading to other parts of the Americas by the time of European contact. |
| The wheel was invented in the late Neolithic (5th millennium BC), and writing emerged from proto-writing at the period's end, in the 4th millennium BC. |
| Lipari (206 words) |
| It is supposed (H. Pichler) that the island was created by a succession of four volcanic movements, the most important of which should be the third one, presumably lasting from 20000 BC[?] to 13000 BC[?]. |
| A further important phenomenon should have happened around 9000 BC (C14[?] exams by Keller). |
| According to a local legend, the name "Lipari" should be derived from "Liparus", the leader of a people coming from Campania that invaded the then desert island around 13th century BC. |
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