Abstract In European and many African, Middle Eastern and southern Asian populations,
lactase persistence (LP) is the most strongly selected monogenic trait to have evolved over …

Abstract The Eastern European steppe and forest-steppe is a key region for understanding
the emergence of pottery in Europe. The vast region encompasses the basins of two major …

To investigate changes in culinary practices associated with the arrival of farming, we
analysed the organic residues of over 1,000 pottery vessels from hunter-gatherer-fisher and …

Human history has been shaped by global dispersals of technologies, although
understanding of what enabled these processes is limited. Here, we explore the behavioural …

Social Archaeology and Material Worlds aims to forefront dynamic and cutting-edge social
approaches to archaeology. It brings together volumes about past people, social and …

What drives the adoption of pottery amongst prehistoric foragers in high-latitude
environments? Following the long-running interests of archaeology in explaining the origin …

The emergence of pottery in Europe is associated with two distinct traditions: hunter-
gatherers in the east of the continent during the early 6th millennium BC and early …

The Liujiawa site is located in the Agricultural–Nomadic Transitional Zone in Northern China
(ANTZNC), inhabited during the early Spring and Autumn Period (770–476 bc). Little is …

Mesolithic resinous adhesives are well known for their role as hafting mastic within
composite technologies, yet it is increasingly clear that their usage was more diverse than …

Ceramic technology makes an abrupt appearance in the New World Arctic at circa 2800 cal
BP. While there is general consensus that the ultimate source of these Alaskan pottery …