In this post the reader can learn about some very interesting finds from the PPN site of Aşıklı Höyük, situated in Central Anatolia, Turkey. Continue reading “Aşıklı Höyük, Turkey; the very interesting finds from a Central Anatolian Pre-Pottery Neolithic site”
“Neolithic package” and “massive migrations” from East to West: purely theoretical and not evidenced in the archaeological record – Archaeological material provides more evidence of movements from West to East than the opposite
In this post we present extended parts from the enlighting paper titled “Τhe Mesolithic Hunter-gatherers in the southern Mediterranean and their contribution in the Neolithisation of the Aegean“, by A. Sampson. Continue reading ““Neolithic package” and “massive migrations” from East to West: purely theoretical and not evidenced in the archaeological record – Archaeological material provides more evidence of movements from West to East than the opposite”
Concepts and Narratives on the Transition from the Mesolithic to the Neolithic in the Aegean
In this post we present extracts from the very interesting and informative paper titled “The Transition from the Mesolithic to the Neolithic in a Circum-Aegean Perspective: Concepts and Narratives“, by Agathe Reingruber. Continue reading “Concepts and Narratives on the Transition from the Mesolithic to the Neolithic in the Aegean”
Göbekli Tepe; processing of cereals in the Early Neolithic (10th-9th millennium BC)
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)”
Early farmers and hunter-gatherers co-existed and integrated in Europe for many years, study suggests
Research claims it has given the answers to a long-debated question among anthropologists, archaeologists and geneticists: when farmers first arrived in Europe, how did they interact with existing hunter-gatherer groups? Continue reading “Early farmers and hunter-gatherers co-existed and integrated in Europe for many years, study suggests”
The Boncuklu Project; Agriculture in Anatolia initiated by indigenous peoples, not Fertile Crescent migration
Small scale agricultural farming was first initiated by indigenous communities living on Turkey’s Anatolian plateau, and not introduced by migrant farmers as previously thought, according to a research by the University of Liverpool. Continue reading “The Boncuklu Project; Agriculture in Anatolia initiated by indigenous peoples, not Fertile Crescent migration”