This paper illustrates long-term trends in human population and climate from the Late
Pleistocene to the Late Holocene (14,000–2500 cal. yr. BP) in order to assess to what …

This paper explores the possible links between rapid climate change (RCC) and social
change in the Near East and surrounding regions (Anatolia, central Syria, southern Israel …

The Age of Agade is the first book-length study of the Akkadian period of Mesopotamian
history, which saw the rise and fall of the world's first empire during more than a century of …

From examinations of prehistoric burial to understanding post-industrial spaces and heritage
practices, the writing of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari is gaining increasing importance …

The study of the collapse of past societies raises many questions for the theory and practice
of archaeology. Interest in collapse extends as well into the natural sciences and …

The cities of the Indus civilization were expansive and planned with large-scale architecture
and sophisticated Bronze Age technologies. Despite these hallmarks of social complexity …

The landscapes of the Near East show both the first settlements and the longest trajectories
of settlement systems. Mounding is a characteristic property of these settlement sites …

The Neolithic of the Near East is a period of human development which saw fundamental
changes in the nature of human society. It is traditionally studied for its development of …

This paper employs data from selected sample survey areas in the northern Fertile Crescent
to demonstrate how initial urbanization developed along several pathways. The first, during …

Leveraging a suite of remote sensing technologies deployed over large areas, this paper
presents results that challenge long-held ideas about the origin and development of the …