Background Unravelling domestication processes is crucial for understanding how species
respond to anthropogenic pressures, forecasting crop responses to future global changes …

• Premise of the study: Archaeological and genetic analyses of seed‐propagated annual
crops have greatly advanced our understanding of plant domestication and evolution …

Olive (O lea europaea ssp. europaea) is the most important oil fruit crop in temperate areas,
but the origin of the cultivated olive remains unclear. The existence of one or several …

Our knowledge of the origins of olive tree domestication in the Middle East and on the
processes governing its extension and persistence in different vegetation types from …

The location and timing of domestication of the olive tree, a key crop in Early Mediterranean
societies, remain hotly debated. Here, we unravel the history of wild olives (oleasters), and …

The olive tree (Olea europaea L. subsp. europaea var. europaea) is one of the most
important crops across the Mediterranean, particularly the southern Levant. Its regional …

Molecular markers (SSR, SNP and DArT) and agronomical traits have been used in the
world's largest olive (Olea europaea L.) germplasm collection (IFAPA, Centre Alameda del …

Olive is one of the most ancient crop plants and the World Olive Germplasm Bank of
Cordoba (WOGBC), Spain, is one of the world's largest collections of olive germplasm. We …

Pollen data from three off-site records and twenty-six on-site (archaeological) sites are
reviewed to investigate the development of cultural landscapes through the history of the …

This chapter critically synthesizes the growing literature relating to the archaeology of the
senses and situates it in the light of the emerging interdisciplinary paradigm known as …