This paper discusses the only substantive evidence for the Epipalaeolithic of central
Anatolia. This evidence allows revised understandings of phenomena often proposed as …

This book focuses on issues of method and interpretation in studies of submerged
landscapes, concentrating on illustrations and case studies from around Europe with …

In this paper we review the main, long-and short-term geological and geotectonic processes
that have controlled the development of Pleistocene landscapes in the Aegean region …

Island colonisation and adaptive responses of humans to newly colonised environments
during the Pleistocene is hotly debated in archaeological discourse globally. Investigating …

The Neolithic transition in west Eurasia occurred in two main steps: the gradual
development of sedentism and plant cultivation in the Near East and the subsequent spread …

Humans evolved in Africa and colonized Eurasia in successive adaptive radiations,
establishing themselves in Europe ca. one million years ago. It is assumed that these …

Paleolithic artifacts collected in the course of archaeological and geological surveys at
particular islands of the NE Mediterranean have given birth to arguments for seaward …

Abstract The Aegean Region has remained marginal to research into human origins despite
its key position in the multiple movements of animals between Europe and Asia. A possible …

Until a few yeas ago Lemnos, the eighth largest Greek island and located in the north-
eastern Aegean Sea between Mount Athos, Samothrace, Imbros and Lesbos Fig. 1, was …

This paper summarizes recent developments in the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic archaeology
of Greece. The questions addressed are epistemological, historical and geographical. The …