The analysis of charred food crust from cooking vessels offers an opportunity to recover and
study residues originating from culinary practices, such as phytoliths from cereal-based …

During the Late Epipalaeolithic and Early Neolithic, societies across the Levant transformed
their social, cultural and economic organisation, with new forms of food production …

Zusammenfassung Der Begriff Schamanismus wurde und wird in der Archäologie häufig zur
Beschreibung früher Glaubenssysteme verwendet, gelegentlich ohne Erörterung des …

The transition from hunter-gatherer to farming lifestyles involved changes in all aspects of
human lifeways: how food was acquired, technology, patterns of mobility, settlement size …

Analyses of plant microfossils retrieved from grinding and polishing stones are shown to
constitute a reliable line of evidence to unveil the functions of these stone implements at the …

Background and aims Paleoecological findings from soil samples recovered near the
Göbekli Tepe indicate an environment that sustains a variety of multiproxy analyses …

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 …

This contribution focuses on the use of space within phase VI B2 of the site of Arslantepe
(2900–2750 BCE; Eastern Anatolia, Turkey). VI B2 relates to a Near-East Early Bronze Age …

Using case studies from Aşıklı Höyük, Çatalhöyük, Boncuklu Tarla, Göbekli Tepe (all
Turkey), and Monjukli Depe (southern Turkmenistan), this study presents a framework for in …

The spectacular finds at Turkey's Göbekli Tepe have fired the imaginations of archaeologists
and the general public alike. Reflecting on developments at and about the site since the …