Opaline phytoliths are formed when plants accumulate silica at the cellular level. This
biomineralization process reproduces, to some extent, the original plant tissue in the form of …

The lakeshore site of La Marmotta is one of the most important Early Neolithic sites of
Mediterranean Europe. The site is famous for the exceptional preservation of organic …

With the onset of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), hunter-gatherers of the so-called
Iberomaurusian techno-complex appeared in what is now the Mediterranean Maghreb …

This paper presents the study of modern pollen analogs from the Balearic Islands. While
similar studies have been largely applied to mainland areas, research focused on modern …

Çatalhöyük is a renowned archaeological site in central Anatolia, best known for its Neolithic
occupation dated from 7100 to 6000 cal BC. The site received worldwide attention early on …

With the advent of sedentism, or living in permanent settlements, a new way of life began.
The hunter and gatherers' well established subsistence strategy of thousands of years …

Cereals were very important in ancient diets, however evidence from archaeological sites of
the vessels used for processing or storing cereals is comparatively rare. Micro-organisms, as …

This study illustrates the contribution of plant and faecal microfossil records to
interdisciplinary approaches on the identification, composition, taphonomy and seasonality …

Food practices have always been a key issue to reconstruct part of the cultural identities of
past and present societies. In archaeology, the question of vegetal processing and …

Formentera was one of the last Mediterranean islands to be colonized by humans at the end
of the third millennium BC. This island is rather small (83 km2) with marked biogeographical …