We report the earliest and the most abundant archaeobotanical assemblage of southwest
Asian grain crops from Early Bronze Age Central Asia, recovered from the Chap II site in …

This paper presents archaeobotanical research results from an occupation horizon of the
Chap II site left by the earliest known farming community in the Central Tien Shan mountains …

ABSTRACT The highlands of Central Asia posed considerable challenges to early
agriculturalists, yet the processes of human subsistence strategies there remain poorly …

We present here the first comprehensive archaeobotanical investigation from the prehistoric
farming settlement of Chap I (1065–825 cal bce), located in a high altitude valley in the …

We report archaeobotanical results from systematic flotation obtained during the 2008
excavation of the site of Haimenkou, in Northwest Yunnan, dated to c. 1600–300 BCE …

Agricultural activities on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau (QTP) are difficult due to the hostile
environment. Despite the difficulties, recently early agriculture has been documented by …

The mountainous areas of Inner Asia are now well established as a vector for the
transmission of a number of crop plants between their centres of domestication in West and …

Recent studies have broadened our knowledge regarding the origins of agriculture in
southwest Asia by highlighting the multiregional and protracted nature of plant …

Recent archeobotanical work has shed light on prehistoric food globalization across the
Eurasian landmass; however, much less research has focused on the foodways of the …

Methods Archaeobotanical samples have been obtained from 35 sites (see Fig. 1) in
southwestern Asia from the crucial period 20.000 to 8500 BP (non-calibrated). The quantity …