Domesticated opium poppy Papaver somniferum L. subsp. somniferum probably originated
in the Western Mediterranean from its possible wild progenitor, Papaver somniferum L …

In the fluid ethnolinguistic and cultic landscape of protohistoric Anatolia, the Storm God
Tarhunza was among the chief deities of the Luwian pantheon. Bringing with his lightning …

Agricultural change in first and early second millennium ce Anatolia has been largely
explored to date through palynological and historical datasets. This article presents a new …

New results and interpretations challenging the notion of a uniform, macroregional collapse
throughout the Late Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean Ancient Western Asia Beyond the …

Cotton is one of the most culturally significant crops in Central Asia today, and it has a
complex history, long predating the collective-labour and intensive-irrigation systems of the …

This article presents the preliminary results of investigations at the site of Qach Rresh on the
Erbil Plain of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, conducted by the Rural Landscapes of Iron Age …

This thesis aims to identify and understand the crop dynamics in the North-Western
Mediterranean and Switzerland during the Neolithic period, particularly in connection to the …

This thesis investigates whether imperial power affected agricultural change in regions of
the Persian empire during the Achaemenid period. It also analyses how imperial demands …