East African landscapes today are the result of the cumulative effects of climate and land-
use change over millennial timescales. In this review, we compile archaeological and …

Many of today's major food crops are distributed worldwide. While much of this 'food
globalisation'has resulted from modern trade networks, it has its roots in prehistory. In this …

Research into the origins of food plants has led to the recognition that specific geographical
regions around the world have been of particular importance to the development of …

The period from the late third millennium BC to the start of the first millennium AD witnesses
the first steps towards food globalization in which a significant number of important crops …

Although the key role of long-distance trade in the transformation of cuisines worldwide has
been well-documented since at least the Roman era, the prehistory of the Eurasian food …

Focuses on the Aksumite state of the first millennium AD in northern Ethiopia and southern
Eritrea, its development, florescence and eventual transformation into the so-called …

A recent paper by Jones et al.(Food globalization in prehistory, World Archaeology, 2011, 43
(4), 665–75) explores a prehistoric 'Trans-Eurasian'episode of food globalization …

Climate change impacts island communities all over the world. Sea-level rise, an increase in
the frequency and intensity of severe weather events, and changes in distribution and health …

Domestic goats (Capra hircus) are spread across the five continents with a census of 1
billion individuals. The worldwide population of goats descends from a limited number of …

Abstract The Indian Ocean has long been a forum for contact, trade and the transfer of
goods, technologies and ideas between geographically distant groups of people. Another …