Claim: The Pottery Neolithic era, which began around 6400 BCE, had no special name in Mesopotamia.
Evidence: 10,000–4,500 BC 
The Neolithic division lasted (in that part of the world) until the transitional period of the Chalcolithic from about 6,500 years ago (4500 BC), marked by the development of metallurgy, leading up to the Bronze Age and Iron Age.