… Neolithic Mediterranean. We then review the archaeology of traded substances and trade-…
-contextualized trade systems, including obsidian, axes, and the use of trade in constructing …

… Cave and rock shelter occupations often include layers with Neolithic materials, but are …
This movement into the central Mediterranean clearly influenced indigenous groups as far away …

… material world influences human action. There are fundamental … objects are able to shape
human action is that they do so … associations and hierarchies among materials by noting which …

… successful adaptation of the Stone Age and later prehistoric human … zone connecting the
Mediterranean with Central Europe. … the supply of raw materials and the trade of material goods. …

… the diffusion, trade or migration of … Neolithic times: no African raw-materials (eg, ostrich
eggshell) have been found in coeval sites of Sicily and southern Italy, and no Italian raw-materials …

… traffic, exchange, or movement of materials or goods through … an amber trade from the Baltic
to the Mediterranean may yet … and vine as well as the Neolithic cereals, such as is practised …

… Neolithic trade has focused on the movement of materials other than pottery. Ceramic and
other items are known to have been transported throughout the Neolithic … with trade on a large …

… Mediterranean containers therefore have a continuous history spanning at least … Mediterranean
basin offers perhaps our oldest, and certainly our most detailed, long-term record of trade …

… Although movement of people and materials undoubtedly took place via the sea during
the Neolithic, the assessment of the harbouring or beaching of boats is inferred rather than …

… Neolithic sites in the western Mediterranean, … Neolithic pottery recovered from Mediterranean
contexts, and was aimed at better understanding the origins of pottery in the Mediterranean …