Wikipedia's first sentence called it “neolithic culture of the ancient levant”. Today it says “pottery neolithic a”.
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Late Neolithic archaeological culture of the Southern Levant Yarmukian pottery vessel, Sha'ar HaGolan . The Yarmukian culture was a Pottery Neolithic A (PNA) culture of the ancient Levant . It was the first culture in prehistoric Syria and one of the oldest in the Levant to make use of pottery . The Yarmukian derives its name from the Yarmuk River , which flows near its type site of Sha'ar HaGolan , near Kibbutz Sha'ar HaGolan at the foot of the Golan Heights . This culture existed alongside the Lodian, or Jericho IX culture and the Nizzanim culture to the south.
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The Yarmukian Culture is a Neolithic culture of the ancient Levant . It was the first culture in Prehistoric Israel and one of the oldest in the Levant to make use of pottery. The Yarmukian derives its name from the Yarmouk River which flows near its type site at Sha'ar HaGolan , a kibbutz at the foot of the Golan Heights .
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The Yarmukian culture was a Neolithic culture of the ancient Levant . It was the first culture in prehistoric Israel and one of the oldest in the Levant to make use of pottery. The Yarmukian derives its name from the Yarmouk River which flows near its type site at Sha'ar HaGolan , a kibbutz at the foot of the Golan Heights .
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Yarmukian pottery vessel, Sha'ar HaGolan The Yarmukian culture ( ) was a Pottery Neolithic A (PNA) culture of the ancient Levant . It was the first culture in prehistoric Israel and one of the oldest in the Levant to make use of pottery . The Yarmukian derives its name from the Yarmouk River , which flows near its type site of Sha'ar HaGolan , near Kibbutz Sha'ar HaGolan at the foot of the Golan Heights .This culture existed alongside the Lodian and the Nizzanim cultures to the north.
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Late Neolithic archaeological culture of the Southern Levant Yarmukian pottery vessel, Sha'ar HaGolan . The Yarmukian culture was a Pottery Neolithic A (PNA) culture of the ancient Levant . It was the first culture in prehistoric Syria and one of the oldest in the Levant to make use of pottery . The Yarmukian derives its name from the Yarmuk River , which flows near its type site of Sha'ar Hagolan at the foot of the Golan Heights . This culture existed alongside the Lodian, or Jericho IX culture and the Nizzanim culture to the south.
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neolithic culture of the ancient levant
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pottery neolithic a
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