This paper seeks to reconstruct the management of food resources in the early Neolithic site
of Cabecicos Negros in southeastern Spain. For this purpose, we have studied 29 potsherds …

The northeast of the Iberian Peninsula is a region that so far has contributed little information
on the transition between the last hunter-gatherer groups and the first farming communities …

Abstract Objectives The Early Neolithic involved an important social and economic shift that
can be tested not only with the material culture, but also through biomolecular approaches …

Insect pests affecting standing and stored crops can cause severe damage and reduce
yields considerably. Was this also the case in Neolithic Europe? Did early farming …

The arrival of early farmers and their livestock in the western Mediterranean during the early
Neolithic marked a new way of life for the north‐east Iberian Peninsula. Given the …

Sheep were the most important species in the first domestic flocks in the Early Neolithic in
the Iberian Peninsula. However, their study has tended to stress their role as a fossil guide of …

The socio‐economic relevance of domesticated animals during the Early Neolithic in the
Iberian Peninsula is indisputable, yet we essentially know little about the way they were …

Research on animal management strategies in high mountain areas during the early
Neolithic (5,700–4,500 cal BC) has been conditioned by the presumption that human …

Degenerative joint disease (DJD) is one of the most common pathological conditions
identified in the archaeological record and remains a health problem in modern populations …

From the second part of the 6th millennium BC onwards, pottery manufacture is attested
throughout the western Mediterranean. The study of the functional and use of vessels has …