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In this post we present extracts from some very interesting recently published papers on Çatalhöyük, Turkey, one of the key early farming sites in the Old World. Continue reading “Çatalhöyük; what we have recently learned about one of the key early (7100–5950 calBC) farming sites in the Old World”
At Shubayqa 1, an archaeological site in northeastern Jordan, researchers have discovered the charred remains of a flatbread baked by hunter-gatherers 14,400 years ago. Continue reading “Shubayqa 1, Jordan; evidence of bread production before 14,400 years”
In this post we present selected parts of the very interesting paper titled “Cereal processing at Early Neolithic Göbekli Tepe, southeastern Turkey“, by Laura Dietrich et al. Continue reading “Göbekli Tepe; processing of cereals in the Early Neolithic (10th-9th millennium BC)”
Here we present extended parts of the very informative and interesting paper titled “Early seventh-millennium AMS dates from domestic seeds in the Initial Neolithic at Franchthi Cave (Argolid, Greece)“, by Catherine Perlès, Anita Quiles and Hélène Valladas (2018). Continue reading “Neolithic in the Greek peninsula; cereal cultivation began during the first half of the 7th millennium BC – the Franchti cave findings and what we can learn from them”
Here we present the ‘Abstract‘ of the corresponding paper by Erika Nitsch, Stelios Andreou, Aurélien Creuzieux, Armelle Gardeisen, Paul Halstead, Valasia Isaakidou, Angeliki Karathanou, Dimitra Kotsachristou, Daphne Nikolaidou, Aikaterini Papanthimou, Chryssa Petridou, Sevi Triantaphyllou, Soultana M. Valamoti, Anastasia Vasileiadou & Amy Bogaard. Continue reading “A bottom-up view of food surplus: using stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis to investigate agricultural strategies and diet at Bronze Age Archontiko and Thessaloniki Toumba, northern Greece”
Here we present the ‘Abstract‘ of the very interesting corresponding paper by Melinda A. Zeder. Continue reading “Domestication and early agriculture in the Mediterranean Basin: Origins, diffusion, and impact”
