Abstract The Late Neolithic and Copper Age were a time of change in most of Europe.
Technological innovations including animal traction, the wheel, and plow agriculture …

The Mediterranean Context of Early Greek History p>“Drawing extensively on the latest
archaeological data from the entire Mediterranean basin, Nancy Demand offers a …

This paper builds upon traditional investigations of maritime activities, particularly seafaring
itself, to study the social relationships between people and the sea as well as the …

This study seeks to discuss the origins and early spread of metal technology in the central
Mediterranean region. Neolithic and Copper Age evidence of metal-working and metal …

Evolutionary psychology (EP) is a paradigm, not a discipline, and from its inception, it has
both drawn on and influenced practitioners in a variety of academic fields. Many chapters in …

Precision radiocarbon dating continues to bring historical order into key moments of social
and economic change, such as the use of metals. Here the author dates human bone in …

Scholars typically argue that cultural interaction between the West Mediterranean islands of
Sardinia and Corsica and the European mainland took place through the Tuscan …

The present work represents the first attempt using an archaeometric approach to
characterize the potential chert outcrops and retrace the provenance of the chert raw …

Who are the people of the Ryukyu Islands? How could they survive and prosper on small,
isolated islands? How did the independent Ryukyu Kingdom become a major player in East …

May you live in interesting times! While nobody knows the origin of this alleged old Chinese
curse, its meaning is clear: in times of upheaval and radical change, most people's lives are …