Abstract The Ebro Basin constitutes one of the most representative territories in SW Europe
for the study of prehistoric societies during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition. The …

The first use of domestic plants and animals in the Western Mediterranean has been a
matter of debate, since there are no native ancestors for these elements. The current …

Sheep remains constitute the main archaeozoological evidence for the presence of Early
Neolithic human groups in the highlands of the Southern Pyrenees but understanding the …

Agriculture first reached the Iberian Peninsula around 5700 BCE. However, little is known
about the genetic structure and changes of prehistoric populations in different geographic …

The archaeobotanical (seeds and fruits) dataset of the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula for
the Neolithic period is presented and discussed in this paper in order to approach how early …

The analysis of the human remains from the megalithic tomb at Alto de Reinoso represents
the widest integrative study of a Neolithic collective burial in Spain. Combining archaeology …

The Neolithic period in the North-East of the Iberian Peninsula has received the attention of
many archaeologists during the XXth and XXIst centuries, from the earliest humanists like …

This volume tackles the fundamental and broad-scale questions concerning the spread of
early animal herding from its origins in the Near East into Europe beginning in the mid-10th …

Early Neolithic sea voyaging and organized colonization of large islands involving crossings
in the range of 100 km are well documented in the Eastern and Central Mediterranean. In …

The Iberian Peninsula has for several decades provided a wealth of evidence for studying
the origins of the Neolithic. Its location at the western end of the Mediterranean basin has …