Zohary and Hopf coined the term 'founder crops' to refer to a specific group of eight plants,
namely three cereals (einkorn, emmer and barley), four legumes (lentil, pea, bitter vetch and …

Process philosophy offers a metaphysical foundation for domestication studies. This
grounding is especially important given the European colonialist origin of 'domestication'as …

Southeast Anatolia is home to some of the earliest and most spectacular Neolithic sites
associated with the beginning of cultivation and herding in the Old World. In this article we …

We synthesise the results of a large programme of plant ecological research to investigate
the selective pressures driving crop domestication and the origins of agriculture in western …

This work presents the results of a combination of different proxies, such as animal and plant
remains, isotope analysis, and dental microwear, for the different chrono-cultural phases …

Were the ancient Coast Salish farmers? Conventional anthropological wisdom asserts that
the ethnographically known communities of the Northwest Coast of North America were …

We examine the changing importance of wild starch rich plant staples, predominantly tree
nuts, in early agricultural societies in East Asia and Europe, focusing on Korea, Japan, and …

The site of Körtiktepe in southeastern Turkey is one of few sites in the Upper Mesopotamia
basin that attests continuous, permanent occupation across the boundary from end of the …

The practices of data sharing, data citation and data reuse are all crucial aspects of the
reproducibility of archaeological research. This article builds on the small number of studies …

Our understanding of the timing and dynamics of the spread of human populations to the
island of Cyprus has changed significantly in the last few decades. Ongoing research on a …