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 …

Infrared (IR) spectroscopy has emerged as one of the most powerful analytical tools
available to archaeologists. It has been used to document site formation processes and …

The understanding of crop domestication is dependent on tracking the original geographical
distribution of wild relatives. The faba bean (Vicia faba L.) is economically important in many …

The Fertile Crescent, its hilly flanks and surrounding drylands has been a critical region for
studying how climate has influenced societal change, and this review focuses on the region …

We present here the earliest evidence for large-scale table olive production from the mid-7th
millennium BP inundated site of Hishuley Carmel on the northern Mediterranean coast of …

Current evidence suggests domestications of the dog were incipient developments in many
areas of the world. In southwest Asia this process took place in the Late Epipalaeolithic …

The volcanic eruption of Santorini in the Bronze Age left detectable debris across the
Mediterranean, serving as an anchor in time for the region, synchronizing chronologies of …

Abstract The Late Epipalaeolithic Natufian (~ 14,600− 11,500 cal BP) is a key period in the
prehistory of southwest Asia. Often described as a complex hunting and gathering society …

'Neolithization'pathway refers to the development of adaptations that characterized
subsequent Neolithic life, sedentary occupations, and agriculture. In the Levant, the origins …

Interdisciplinary teams investigating the origins of agriculture in the Eastern Fertile Crescent
in the 1950s through 1970s considered the region a primary center of initial domestication …