Cover--Half-title--Title page--Copyright information--Dedication--Table of contents--List of
figures--Preface--Acknowledgments--Chapter 1 Introduction: The Social Life of food--The …

Palaeoecological reconstructions from the region of southwestern Bulgaria were used for
inferring the human impact on the vegetation and landscape during the last 8 millennia …

This new edition of the definitive work on doing paleoethnobotany brings the book up to date
by incorporating new methods and examples of research, while preserving the overall …

Archaeobotanical remains of ground cereals from prehistoric northern Greece are discussed
in this paper within the context of ethnographic and textual evidence for similar food …

The taphonomic or formation processes of desiccated and carbonized plant remains are
reviewed and compared. Both types of assemblage frequently consist of material of mixed …

This paper takes a comparative approach to early farming, arguing that bioarchaeological
work on Neolithic Europe can inform understanding of earlier cultivation and herding in the …

The spread of early agriculture from the Mediterranean to central Europe is still poorly
understood. The new subsistence reached western central Europe during the second half of …

This paper offers a comparative study of land use and demographic development in
northern and southern Greece from the Neolithic to the Byzantine period. Results from …

Durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. subsp. durum (Desf.) van Slageren) is an important crop
in the Mediterranean Rim, and it is deeply rooted in the history and tradition of this region …

The south-eastern tip of continental Europe was a major focus of creative energy in the
second half of the first millennium BC. As the bridgehead between Europe, Asia, and the …