The Archaeology of Iran from the Palaeolithic to the Archaemenid Empire is the first modern
academic study to provide a synthetic, diachronic analysis of the archaeology and early …

Beehive products have a rich global history. In the wider Levantine region, bees had a
significant role in Egypt and Mesopotamia, and intensive beekeeping was noted in Israel …

Abstract Beveled Rim Bowls (BRBs) are the most iconic and well-known vessel type of
ancient Southwest Asia. Roughly and carelessly produced, these conical bowls are attested …

Foodways in the late prehistoric southern Levant evolved alongside changes in the social
and economic organization of the communities occupying the region. In this paper, we …

This study is part of a long-term project attempts to better understand the content and use of
pottery vessels in the Bronze and Iron Ages in Jordan by examining organic residues …

This paper presents the first investigations of lipid preserved in bones and ceramics, from
sites of various ages and depositional environments in Iran with the aim of using them in …

The aim of this chapter is to provide an up-to-date review of the contribution of palynology to
the reconstruction of the exploitation of ancient beekeeping and bee-products. After having …

The honeybee originally migrated to the Levant and northeast Africa sometime during the
early Pleistocene (300,000 BP) from her ancestral home in southeast Asia. The evolved …

This paper discusses the analysis and occurrence of organic residues in Iron Age II pottery
sherds excavated at the site of Jneneh. Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry was used …

The cooperative project between the Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan (hereafter BASU) and
the Institute of Heritage Science–CNR (hereafter CNR) studies the dynamics of the …