For the first time we integrate quantitative data on lithic sickles and archaeobotanical
evidence for domestication and the evolution of plant economies from sites dated to the …

Abstract The Natufian culture (c. 14.6–11.5 ka cal. BP) represents the last hunter-gatherer
society that inhabited southwest Asia before the development of plant food production. It has …

The understanding of crop domestication is dependent on tracking the original geographical
distribution of wild relatives. The faba bean (Vicia faba L.) is economically important in many …

Measuring subsistence intensification in the archaeofaunal record has provided strong
evidence for socioeconomic shifts related to sedentarization in the terminal Pleistocene …

The Natufian culture marks a dramatic in the cultural evolution of our species, the shift from
mobile to sedentary communities. Within this framework, analysis of their use of plants is …

Remains of early architecture at the Epipaleolithic-Neolithic transition of the Near East are
commonly evaluated by means of two criteria: structure size and permanent interior features …

The mosaic ecology of the Late Pleistocene Levant has been referred to by many authors
investigating Epipaleolithic use of wild cereals as a prelude to cultivation, but it has rarely …

The archaeology of mortuary practices and related foodways in the Late Natufian (LN; ca.
14,000/13,500–11,700 BP) sheds light on the communal activities of the last hunter …

Recent excavations at Althiburos, northern Tunisia, have shown the existence of permanent
pre-roman occupations in the central area of the urban settlement. Significantly, the site has …

The major social and economic changes associated with the rise of a sedentary lifestyle and
the gradual transition to food production in the southern Levant are often considered to have …