The earliest evidence of agriculture in the Horn of Africa dates to the Pre-Aksumite period
(ca. 1600 BCE). Domesticated C3 cereals are considered to have been introduced from the …

Palaeoethnobotanical studies completed at the archaeological site of Mezber in Tigrai,
Ethiopia, have led to important new insights on plant husbandry practices of the Pre …

The study of ancient human dental calculus (mineralized dental plaque, also known as
tartar) is becoming increasingly important in osteoarchaeology, human palaeoecology and …

Sorghum was first domesticated approximately 6000 years ago in the eastern Sahel region
of Africa, but our understanding of its agricultural history is uneven due to the paucity of the …

The analysis of dental calculus (mineralised dental plaque) has become an increasingly
important facet of bioarchaeological research. Although microscopic analysis of microdebris …

Ground stone tool (GST) technology includes artefacts utilized in pounding or grinding
activities and characterized by long life cycles and multiple uses. The introduction of such …

Archaeological sites with surface hearths are a ubiquitous feature across the arid zones of
the Arabian interior. At Jebel Oraf, in the Jubbah basin of the Nefud Desert of northern …

Çatalhöyük is a renowned archaeological site in central Anatolia, best known for its Neolithic
occupation dated from 7100 to 6000 cal BC. The site received worldwide attention early on …

Mediterranean Africa forms a crucial junction between the wider Saharan zone and the rest
of the Mediterranean. In contrast to its well-investigated history from the first millennium BC …

Cross-cultural models are a useful tool to generate hypotheses about the past using
ethnographic data, especially when they can be validated against the archaeological record …