Knowledge of the origin and spread of farming has been revolutionised in recent years by
the application of new scientific techniques, especially the analysis of ancient DNA from …

A major environmental and societal event struck the Mediterranean basin during the 9th
millennium cal BP. A sudden and major climatic crisis occurred in the Northern Hemisphere …

This multi-proxy study of a small floodplain in the Rhone catchment area, at the northern
edge of the Mediterranean morphoclimatic system, provides valuable information …

The Neolithic transition is a particularly favorable field of research for the study of the
emergence and evolution of cultures and cultural phenomena. In this framework, high …

En este trabajo se presentan datos inéditos acerca de tres asentamientos al aire libre
situados en el llano prelitoral del Penedès (Barcelona) con ocupaciones del Neolítico …

During the course of the 7th millennium cal. BC, a major change occurred in stone-working
techniques and tool types among the lithic industries of Mesolithic hunter-gatherers in North …

It has long been recognised that the proportions of Neolithic domestic animal species—
cattle, pig and sheep/goat—vary from region to region, but it has hitherto been unclear how …

This paper focuses on early Holocene rapid climate change (RCC) records in the
Mediterranean zone, which are under-represented in continental archives (9.2 to 8.2 ka …

As in many other regions, the periodization of the Neolithic in the northeastern Iberian
Peninsula was based upon relative dating obtained through ceramic typologies. Moreover …

The goal of the first part of this chapter is to summarize the recent results of
zooarchaeological research into the beginning of ungulate domestication in the Near East …