This paper explores the first maritime westward expansion of crops across the Adriatic and
the northern coast of the western Mediterranean. Starting in Greece at c. 6500 cal BC and …

Why did the farming lifestyle appear and proliferate so rapidly through the Mediterranean
basin between 7000 and 5500 bc? In this paper, I review the archaeological and …

This study attempts a holistic approach to past foodways in prehistoric northern Gujarat,
India, by considering evidence of food production, distribution, preparation and …

This paper analyses and re-evaluates current explanations and interpretations of the origins,
development and societal context of metallurgy in the Balkans (c. 6200–3700 BC). The early …

Although population history and dispersal are back at the forefront of the archaeological
agenda, they are often studied in relative isolation. This contribution aims at combining both …

Current scholarship suggests that Neo-Eneolithic systems of settlement and subsistence in
Eastern Europe were defined by short-to-medium range migration, while sparsely populated …

Agriculture is a complex and dynamic socio-ecological system shaped by environmental,
economic, and social factors. The crop resource pool is its key component and one that best …

A combined archaeobotanical and micro-refuse analysis is being implemented at two Early
Neolithic tells currently under excavation in the Pelagonia Valley: Vrbjanska Čuka and …

The spread of farming in the central and western Mediterranean took place rapidly, linked to
the Impressa Ware. The Impressa Ware originated somewhere in the southern Adriatic and …

Radiocarbon dates, analysis of ceramic finds, animal bones, fruits/seeds and wood
(charcoal) from settlement features of the Sava group of the Lengyel Culture at the site of …