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Ceramic production and the transition to agriculture in Northeast China: Neolithic pottery technology in the Fuxin Region
The production of pottery in East Asia can be traced back to approximately 20,000 years ago. Hunter-gatherer communities utilised pottery for many...
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Revisiting the concept of the ‘Neolithic Founder Crops’ in southwest Asia
Zohary and Hopf coined the term ‘founder crops’ to refer to a specific group of eight plants, namely three cereals (einkorn, emmer and barley), four...
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The history of agriculture in the mountainous areas of the lower Yangtze River since the late Neolithic
Understanding the role of agriculture in the development of human societies around the world is an important field of study with many unanswered...
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Wood use and forest management by Neolithic millet farmers at the **nglong site, northern China
The origin and development of agriculture and its relationship with climate change are hotly debated topics among environmental archaeologists. In...
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The importance of wild plant resources in the Neolithic: a case study of the Late Neolithic lakeshore settlement of Grandson-Corcelettes, Les Pins (Switzerland)
The site of Grandson-Corcelettes, Les Pins is located at Lake Neuchâtel, Switzerland and was occupied during several phases of the Late Neolithic...
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Review on vegetation, landscape and climate changes in the Carpathian Basin during the Neolithic and Chalcolithic period
The Neolithic and Copper Age (CA) of Hungary (6000–2800 cal bc ) represents a meticulous construction of settlement structure, material culture,...
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The diet of settled Neolithic farmers of east-central Europe: isotopic and dental microwear evidence
This study reconstructs Middle and Late Neolithic dietary practices in the area of the today Czech Republic and Lower Austria with a help of...
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Vegetation dynamics and land-use change at the Neolithic lakeshore settlement site of Ploča Mičov Grad, Lake Ohrid, North Macedonia
Detailed knowledge about the interactions between vegetation, climate and land use during the Mesolithic and Neolithic, at the transition from...
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Interdisciplinary analyses of the remains from three gallery graves at Kinnekulle: tracing Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age societies in inland Southwestern Sweden
In this paper, we investigate the Scandinavian Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age of Kinnekulle in southwestern Sweden. The above-mentioned periods...
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New perspectives on plant-use at neolithic Abu Hureyra, Syria: an integrated phytolith and spherulite study
Archaeobotanical remains contribute crucial evidence for shifts in human economy from foraging to farming, understanding early village life and the...
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Amelioration of habitat since the early Holocene contributed to the origin of agriculture in the farming-pastoral zone of northern China
The origin of agriculture in the farming-pastoral zone of northern China remains in dispute. The central region of the Inner Mongolia Plateau is...
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Diversified pottery use across 5th and 4th millennium cal BC Neolithic coastal communities along the Strait of Gibraltar
The region around the Strait of Gibraltar offered Neolithic societies a bridge connecting Iberia and North Africa. Using the sea for access to...
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Integrative approaches to the study of animal management practices during the Neolithic of South Iberian Peninsula: the case of El Toro cave (Antequera, Málaga, Spain)
The introduction and adoption of livestock played a pivotal role in sha** subsistence strategies of populations in the southern Iberian Peninsula...
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Pig domestication and human subsistence at the early Neolithic site of Guanjia (6100–5500 BC), Central China
This case study of the early Neolithic Guanjia site (6100–5500 BC) combines zooarchaeological, paleobotanical, and isotope research to investigate...
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Cranial fluctuating asymmetry in Danish populations from the Neolithic to the Early Modern Age
Fluctuating asymmetry are random deviations of an otherwise symmetrical body plan and arises from instability in development. Earlier studies suggest...
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Reassessing the origin of lentil cultivation in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic of Southwest Asia: new evidence from carbon isotope analysis at Gusir Höyük
Lentils represent the most common pulse crop found in Southwest Asian Neolithic archaeobotanical assemblages. Using carbon isotope determinations and...
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Identification of Neolithic diet by the morphology of the starch grains of dental calculus found in the Dehesilla Cave (Cadiz – South of the Iberian Peninsula)
The starch grains present in the dental calculus of four Neolithic individuals of the Dehesilla Cave (Cadiz, South of Spain) were extracted and...
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Distinct modes and intensity of bird exploitation at the dawn of agriculture in the Upper Euphrates and Tigris River basins
Early Neolithic avifaunas excavated at the sites of Göbekli Tepe and Gusir Höyük illustrate two entirely different modes of bird exploitation in...
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Marine resource exploitation and human settlement patterns during the Neolithic in SW Europe: stable oxygen isotope analyses (δ18O) on Phorcus lineatus (da Costa, 1778) from Campo de Hockey (San Fernando, Cádiz, Spain)
In recent decades, investigations in the southern Iberian Peninsula have increased our understanding of the socio-economic impact of the spread of...
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Recent attestations of “new” glume wheat in Turkey: a reassessment of its role in the reconstruction of Neolithic agriculture
Studies of the origins of agriculture in the Near East have revealed that the eight plant species known as “Founder Crops”, i.e. emmer, einkorn,...
