An integrated approach using contextual, use-wear, scientific and experimental methods
was used to analyze the role of stone troughs of up to 165 l capacity at the Early Neolithic …

Ground stone tool (GST) technology includes artefacts utilized in pounding or grinding
activities and characterized by long life cycles and multiple uses. The introduction of such …

The function of pestles at Göbekli Tepe can only partly be elucidated. Netherstones that
have been used with pestles show traces of cereal, legume and probably dried meat …

With over 200 peer-reviewed papers published over the last 20 years, 3D modelling is no
longer a gimmick but an established and increasingly common analytical tool for stone …

Grinding and pounding implements are among the most widespread and most informative
artefacts when it comes to addressing questions related to plant exploitation, especially in …

Use-wear analysis has been a well-established aspect of the study of artefact biography for
decades, and it has recently developed along two different, though complementary …

Plants and plant-based foods played a crucial role in human evolution, and the interaction
between plants and humans is a highly debated topic in archaeology. Ground stone tools …

Recent advances in the functional study of stone technology have highlighted how, since the
early Paleolithic, non-flaked stone tools were employed in a wide range of tasks, from food …

Recent research on the neolithization process has highlighted Svinjarička Čuka as a key
site in Southeastern Europe with some of the earliest well-preserved Early to Middle …

Using paleoclimatic evidence, this article supports and expands the idea that ergotized beer
may have influenced the Neolithic transition in Western Asia (ie, the Fertile Crescent) …