The ASPRO chronology is a nine period dating system of the ancient Near East used by the Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée for archaeological sites aged between 14000 and 5700 BP.[1]
ASPRO stands for the "Atlas des sites Prochaine-Orient" (Atlas of Near East archaeological sites), a French publication pioneered by Francis Hours and developed by other scholars such as Oliver Aurenche.
The periods, cultures, features and date ranges of the ASPRO chronology are shown below:
| ASPRO Period | Names | Dates |
| Period 1 | Natufian, Zarzian final | 12000-10300 BP or 12000-10200 cal. BCE |
| Period 2 | Protoneolithic, Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA), Khiamian, Sultanian, Harifian | 10300-9600 BP or 10200-8800 cal. BCE |
| Period 3 | Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB), PPNB ancien | 9600-8000 BP or 8800-7600 cal. BCE |
| Period 4 | Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB), PPNB moyen | 8000-8600 BP or 7600-6900 cal. BCE |
| Period 5 | Dark Faced Burnished Ware (DFBW), Çatal Hüyük, Umm Dabaghiyah, Sotto, Proto-Hassuna, Ubaid 0 | 8000-7600 BP or 6900-6400 cal. BCE |
| Period 6 | Hassuna, Samarra, Halaf, Ubaid 1 | 7600-7000 BP or 6400-5800 cal. BCE |
| Period 7 | Pottery Neolithic A (PNA), Halaf final, Ubaid 2 | 7000-6500 BP or 5800-5400 cal. BCE |
| Period 8 | Pottery Neolithic B (PNB), Ubaid 3 | 6500-6100 BP or 5400-5000 cal. BCE |
| Period 9 | Ubaid 4 | 6100-5700 BP or 5000-4500 cal. BCE |
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