Editing 10th millennium BC (section)

==Other cultural developments==
===Africa===
[[File:Fondazione Passaré V27 287.jpg|thumb|Example of [[Saharan rock art]] depicting [[giraffe]]s from Anakom, [[Niger]].]]
In North Africa, [[Saharan rock art]] engravings in what is known as the [[Bubalus Period|Bubalus]] (Large Wild Fauna) period have been dated to between 10,000 BC and 7000 BC.{{sfn|Visonà|2008|pp=22–24}} Wall paintings found in [[Ethiopia]] and [[Eritrea]] depict human activity; some of the older paintings are thought to date back to around 10,000 BC.{{sfn|Pankhurst|1998|p=5}} In [[Prehistoric Egypt]], a culture of hunter-gatherers replaced a grain grinding culture in 10,000 BC.<ref>Editor, A. D. C. “All about Egypt - Africa.com.” www.africa.com, 12 February 2019, [http://www.africa.com/heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-egypt/ www.africa.com/heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-egypt/]. Accessed 26 January 2023.</ref> The [[Abu Madi]] [[Tell (archaeology)|tel mounds]] in the [[Sinai Peninsula]] have been dated c. 9660 to c. 9180 BC.{{sfn|Kuijt|2000|p=33}}

===Americas===
The [[Clovis culture]] was widely distributed throughout North America. The people were hunter-gatherers and the culture's duration is believed to have been from c.9050 BC to c.8800 BC.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Clovis-complex |title=Clovis complex |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=22 July 2020 |archive-date=2 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802183202/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Clovis-complex |url-status=live }}</ref> There is evidence of increasing use of [[Clovis point]] tool technology for hunting.{{sfn|Teeple|2002|p=15}}

Elsewhere in North America, the [[Winnemucca Lake#Petroglyphs|Petroglyphs at Winnemucca Lake]], in what is today northwest [[Nevada]], were carved by this time, possibly as early as 12.8 ka or as late as 10 ka.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/08/130815-lake-winnemucca-petroglyphs-ancient-rock-art-nevada/ |title=Oldest North American Rock Art May Be 14,800 Years Old |date=15 August 2013 |work=National Geographic |author=Than, Ker |access-date=20 December 2018 |archive-date=20 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220230941/https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/08/130815-lake-winnemucca-petroglyphs-ancient-rock-art-nevada/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Eurasia===
The sites at [[Göbekli Tepe]], which is home to megalithic structures, [[Hallan Çemi Tepesi]], both in south-eastern [[Anatolia]], and at [[Tell Qaramel]], in north-west [[Syria]], may have been occupied during this millennium.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Dietrich, Oliver |author2=Köksal-Schmidt, Çigdem |author3=Notroff, Jens |author4=Schmidt, Klaus |title=Establishing a Radiocarbon Sequence for Göbekli Tepe. State of Research and New Data |journal=NEO-LITHICS 1/13 the Newsletter of Southwest Asian Neolithic Research |date=2016 |url=https://www.academia.edu/4386577 |access-date=31 May 2019 |archive-date=13 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200313174418/https://www.academia.edu/4386577/Establishing_a_Radiocarbon_Sequence_for_G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe._State_of_Research_and_New_Data |url-status=live }}</ref>{{sfn|Mazurowski|Kanjou|2012|pp=771–781}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/intricacies-of-hallan-cemi/ |title=Intricacies of Hallan Çemi |publisher=Penn Museum |first=Brian L. |last=Peasnall |date=2002 |access-date=27 May 2019 |archive-date=27 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527141711/https://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/intricacies-of-hallan-cemi/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Magli |first1=Giulio |title=Sirius and the project of the megalithic enclosures at Gobekli Tepe |journal=Nexus Network Journal |date=July 2016 |volume=18 |issue=2 |pages=337–346 |doi=10.1007/s00004-015-0277-1 |arxiv=1307.8397 }}</ref><ref>Press, Associated. “Mystery Metal Monolith in Turkish Field Turns out to Be a Government Gimmick.” Press Herald, 9 February 2021, [http://www.pressherald.com/2021/02/09/mystery-metal-monolith-in-Turkish-field-turns-out-to-be-a-government-gimmick/ www.pressherald.com/2021/02/09/mystery-metal-monolith-in-Turkish-field-turns-out-to-be-a-government-gimmick/]. Accessed 26 January 2023.</ref> It was found out that [[gastronomy]] first emerged in [[Göbekli Tepe]] in this millennium.<ref name="Gatronomic Findings">{{cite journal |last1=Girgen |first1=Mete Ünal |last2=Oktay |first2=Serdar |title=GASTRONOMIC FINDINGS IN GOBEKLITEPE-ANATOLIA. 10TH MILLENNIUM BC |journal=Journal of Gastronomy, Hospitality and Travel |date=2022 |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=223–237 |url=https://www.joghat.org/journal-article/127/gastronomic-findings-in-gobeklitepe-anatolia-10th-millennium-bc }}</ref> This most important discovery shedding light on the beginning of [[gastronomy]] in [[Anatolia]] consists of religious places in which feasts were held in this millennium that were found in the archaeological excavations conducted in [[Göbekli Tepe]] in [[Urfa]] province which is called the zero point of time.<ref name="Gatronomic Findings"/> As a result of the investigations carried out in [[Göbekli Tepe]] which is dated to this millennium, it was determined that the people created cult structures and had a culture for religious purposes during the early [[Neolithic]] period and that they held feasts in which they offered foods while performing these cultures.<ref name="Gatronomic Findings"/> The [[Sassi di Matera]] in southern [[Italy]] is believed to have been the site of human settlement since the [[Paleolithic]] period in this millennium, making it one of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements in history.<ref>@NatGeoUK. “Five UNESCO World Heritage Sites to Visit on a 2023 Cruise.” National Geographic, Jeannine Williamson, 9 December 2022, [http://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/travel/bc/2022/10/five-unesco-world-heritage-sites-to-visit-on-a-2023-cruise www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/travel/bc/2022/10/five-unesco-world-heritage-sites-to-visit-on-a-2023-cruise]. Accessed 25 January 2023.</ref> At the [[Hasankeyf]] Mound in [[Turkey]], [[Europe]], almost all archaeological data date to this millennium.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Pamuk |first1=Serkan |last2=Kaya |first2=Yakup |title=INTANGIBLE CONCEPTS ON OBJECTS FROM THE NEOLITHIC PERIOD |journal=International Journal of Social and Humanities Sciences |date=31 December 2022 |volume=6 |issue=3 |pages=79–94 |url=https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/ijshs/issue/74839/1227675 }}</ref> In [[Great Britain]], which was not then an island, the [[Star Carr]] site in [[North Yorkshire]] is believed to have been inhabited by [[Maglemosian]] peoples for about 800 years from c. 9335 BC to c. 8525 BC.{{sfn|Milner|Conneller|Taylor|2018|pp=225–244}}

The Bhimbetka rock shelters, which feature prehistoric [[cave painting]]s, earliest being dated to 10,000 BCE, corresponds to the Indian [[Mesolithic]].<ref name="YM">{{cite book |last1=Mathpal |first1=Yashodhar |title=Prehistoric Painting Of Bhimbetka |date=1984 |publisher=Abhinav Publications |isbn=9788170171935 |pages=220–227 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GG7-CpvlU30C&pg=PA220 |language=en|quote=The paintings of the earlier five phases ( A - E ) belong to the prehistoric or Mesolithic stage. The oldest of them may be dated to 10,000 BC}}</ref><ref name="facets">{{cite book|title=Gurudakshina: Facets of Indian Archaeology|page=32|quote=The oldest of them may be dated to 10,000 B.C. or even earlier.|publisher=[[British Archaeological Reports]]|author=Alok Kumar Kanungo}}</ref><ref name="SKT">{{cite book |last1=Tiwari |first1=Shiv Kumar |title=Riddles of Indian Rockshelter Paintings |date=2000 |publisher=Sarup & Sons |isbn=9788176250863 |page=189 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-jO0fvT4r9gC&pg=PA189 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Unesco">{{cite book |title=Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka |date=2003 |publisher=UNESCO |page=16 |url=https://whc.unesco.org/uploads/nominations/925.pdf}}</ref><ref name="SM">{{cite book |last1=Mithen |first1=Steven |title=After the Ice: A Global Human History, 20,000 - 5000 BC |date=2011 |publisher=Orion |isbn=9781780222592 |page=524 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uaxg_QDSsrQC&pg=PT524 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="AJ">{{cite book |last1=Javid |first1=Ali |last2=Jāvīd |first2=ʻAlī |last3=Javeed |first3=Tabassum |title=World Heritage Monuments and Related Edifices in India |date=2008 |publisher=Algora Publishing |isbn=9780875864846 |page=19 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=54XBlIF9LFgC&pg=PA19 |language=en}}</ref> These sites would have been home to a nomadic/hunting society existing in this region.