Fire is a natural component of global biogeochemical cycles and closely related to changes
in human land use. Whereas climate-fuel relationships seem to drive both global and …

The ecology has witnessed a strong conceptual shift regarding the transition from human-
free to human-dominated ecosystems. Nevertheless, human beings are still treated as …

The European continent was subject to two major migrations of peoples during the
Holocene: the northwestward movement of Anatolian farmer populations during the …

The initial domestication of plants and animals and the subsequent emergence of
agricultural economies in different world regions represent a major evolutionary transition in …

We review palaeoenvironmental proxies and combinations of these relevant for
understanding hunter-gatherer niche construction activities in pre-agricultural Europe. Our …

Hazelnuts were an important foodstuff for Early to Mid-Holocene (Mesolithic) hunter-
gatherers all over North-western and Central Europe, mainly thanks to their high fat content …

Niche construction theory has played a prominent role in archaeology during the last
decade. However, the potential of niche construction in relation to agricultural development …

Background I arrived at this study along an experiential path. As a child I explored the
sunken and mysterious hollow ways of the chalk downland where I grew up and which have …

This paper presents new evidence for the harvesting of edible plant roots and tubers at
Northton, a Mesolithic hunter-gatherer site on Harris, in the Western Isles of Scotland, in the …

The drift sand area near Hilversum, the Netherlands, holds a geo-archive with multiple drift
sand phases and intercalated palaeosols. We studied this area to test earlier theories on the …