Medicinal plants have been used by humans for the treatment of various diseases for
thousands of years from past to present. Members of the Lamiaceae family are among the …

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This paper deals with the question about how early humans managed to feed themselves,
and how they preserved and stored food for times of need. It attempts to show how humans …

Interdisciplinary teams investigating the origins of agriculture in the Eastern Fertile Crescent
in the 1950s through 1970s considered the region a primary center of initial domestication …

Growing reliance on animal and plant domestication in the Near East and beyond during the
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB)(the ninth to eighth millennium BC) has often been …

The spectacular finds at Turkey's Göbekli Tepe have fired the imaginations of archaeologists
and the general public alike. Reflecting on developments at and about the site since the …

Forager focus on wild cereal plants has been documented in the core zone of domestication
in southwestern Asia, while evidence for forager use of wild grass grains remains sporadic …

An integrated approach using contextual, use-wear, scientific and experimental methods
was used to analyze the role of stone troughs of up to 165 l capacity at the Early Neolithic …

Southeast Anatolia is home to some of the earliest and most spectacular Neolithic sites
associated with the beginning of cultivation and herding in the Old World. In this article we …

Ground stone tool (GST) technology includes artefacts utilized in pounding or grinding
activities and characterized by long life cycles and multiple uses. The introduction of such …