This paper reviews the archaeobotanical record of the transition from foraging to farming in
the southern Levant. The concise presentation of the published botanical evidence follows a …

This study presents, for the first time, an environmental reconstruction of a sequence
spanning nearly the entire Mediterranean Epipaleolithic (∼ 22.0–11.9 ka cal. BP). The study …

The origin of agriculture is one of the defining events of human history. Some 11-10,000
years ago bands of hunter-gatherers started to abandon their high-mobility lifestyles in …

About 12,000 years ago in the Near East, humans began the transition from hunter-
gathering to agriculture-based societies. Barley was a founder crop in this process, and the …

This new edition of the definitive work on doing paleoethnobotany brings the book up to date
by incorporating new methods and examples of research, while preserving the overall …

Weeds are currently present in a wide range of ecosystems worldwide. Although the
beginning of their evolution is largely unknown, researchers assumed that they developed in …

European Paleolithic subsistence is assumed to have been largely based on animal protein
and fat, whereas evidence for plant consumption is rare. We present evidence of starch …

Olive (Olea europaea L.) was one of the most important fruit trees in the ancient
Mediterranean region and a founder species of horticulture in the Mediterranean Basin …

Shortly after his retirement from a distinguished career in the Department of Archaeology at
Edinburgh, the author gave the Rhind Lectures for 2009, bringing together his thoughts …

Neolithization processes in the Levant differed from those in Europe. A major population
growth was already occurring in the former at the onset of the Late Glacial Maximum …