In spite of the traditional interpretations of the Neolithic pits as semi-subterranean dwellings or simple rubbish pits, the actual knowledge about early Neolithic features shows a much more varied archaeological reality including palisades, ditches, storage pits, and knapping areas as well as a few cases of surface dwellings. The difficulty in interpreting these settlements is due to post-depositional events and problems related to the methodology of research: mainly that the areas investigated were too small to understand the spatial organization of the features. At first sight, the few extensive field excavations that have been undertaken did not give the expected results. However, reconsidering these results by the means of spatial analysis, a comparison of the structural evidence and additional recent research, allows a revised and much more interesting picture of the early Neolithic settlements. These differ completely from both the Mesolithic and middle Neolithic evidence.