Two millets, Panicum miliaceum and Setaria italica, were domesticated in northern China,
around 6000 BC. Although its oldest evidence is in Asia, possible independent …

In this paper, we present a history of pastoralism in the ancient Near East from the Neolithic
through the Bronze Age. We describe the accretional development of pastoral technologies …

River management is generally thought to have started at 5500 cal. BC within the
development of eastern Neolithic societies. In the Lesser Caucasus, evidence of early river …

The flanks of the Caucasus Mountains and the steppe landscape to their north offered highly
productive grasslands for Bronze Age herders and their flocks of sheep, goat, and cattle …

In semi-arid environments of the Near East water availability and soil fertility are limiting
factors for crop growing and land use is locally adjusted to environmental features. In the last …

Agriculture dependent almost exclusively on cereal cultivation was practiced in the South
Caucasus, beginning with the Kura-Araxes culture and continued for more than two and a …

The Kura-Araxes (KA) cultural phenomenon (dated to the Early Bronze Age, c. 3500/3350-
2500 BCE) is primarily characterised by the emergence of a homogeneous pottery style and …

Abstract The Southern Caucasus is traditionally an important area of livestock production
and a key region in the spread of herding from southwestern Asia to Eurasia's western …

The study of several types of botanical remains from the site of Mentesh Tepe, Azerbaijan,
has provided the first data on the vegetation cover and the exploitation and use of plant …

This paper aims to present the context, the methodological approaches and the results of a
research project, called ORIMIL and funded by the French National Research Agency …