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 …

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 …

At the beginning of the Early Holocene Period, the hunter-gatherer groups in the Upper
Mesopotamia region left behind complex structures, monumental stone pillars, and various …

One of the most surprising and distinguishing characteristics of the symbolism in the Göbekli
Tepe Neolithic Culture is the widespread use of animals. The interpretations of this …

During the Late Epipalaeolithic and Early Neolithic, societies across the Levant transformed
their social, cultural and economic organisation, with new forms of food production …

A number of researchers have argued that storage inherently generates surpluses and plays
a critical role in the development of socioeconomic inequalities. This has led to …

Göbekli Tepe bears impressive witness to the ability of post-Ice Age groups to
collaboratively accomplish large-scale tasks. During the tenth and ninth millennia BC, this …

A Pre-Pottery Neolithic site at Sayburç is currently being studied as part of the Şanlıurfa Neo-
lithic Research Project–Taş Tepler (Türkiye), which is focused on the Neolithic Period at the …

The most famous Pre-pottery Neolithic site of Anatolia, Göbekli Tepe, since 1994 has been
the subject of intensive studies due to its peculiar characteristics, linked to the presence of …

The transition from hunter-gatherer to farming lifestyles involved changes in all aspects of
human lifeways: how food was acquired, technology, patterns of mobility, settlement size …