The Aceramic Neolithic (∼ 9600 to 7000 cal BC) period in the Zagros Mountains, western
Iran, provides some of the earliest archaeological evidence of goat (Capra hircus) …

The Archaeology of Iran from the Palaeolithic to the Archaemenid Empire is the first modern
academic study to provide a synthetic, diachronic analysis of the archaeology and early …

The transition from hunter gathering to farming is one of the most important episodes in the
history of humankind. Considerable evidence indicates that this shift was a slow, complex …

ABSTRACT In western Asia, the Zagros foothills played a fundamental role in the
formulation of early explanatory hypotheses on the origins of agriculture. The excavations at …

Palegawra Cave is an emblematic site for the Zagros Epipalaeolithic. For nearly seven
decades since its first excavation in 1951 by Robert Braidwood and Bruce Howe, it was the …

The Fertile Crescent of Southwest Asia is considered one of the main centers of the first
Neolithization worldwide. However, the dating and processes of its spread to neighboring …

The Aceramic Neolithic site of Ganj Dareh (Kermanshah, Iran) is arguably one of the most
significant sites for enhancing our understanding of goat domestication and the onset of …

The so-called Triticoid-type grains are known from several prehistoric sites in southwest Asia
and their identification has long been unclear. They resemble the grains of wheats and …

Given the development of learning in this day and age, many schools are using the Think
Pair Share type cooperative learning method. Therefore, researchers conducted a study, to …

Burials beneath house floors have long been recognized as a predominant practice in the
early Neolithic Near East. Although exhibiting regional variability, the widespread similarities …