Palaeoenvironmental research in the Southern Levant presents a series of challenges,
partly due to the unequal distribution of palaeoenvironmental records and potential archives …

The Neolithic of the Near East is a period of human development which saw fundamental
changes in the nature of human society. It is traditionally studied for its development of …

This article reassesses the timing, context, and impetus for the onset of sedentary, complex
hunter-gatherers, food production, and village life in the Near East during the Late …

Questions about the early Near Eastern Neolithic include whether domestic groups were
autonomous and self-sufficient; whether they had access to similar goods; whether …

The Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB) period saw the establishment of village farming in
Southwest Asia and it is one of the earliest cultural complexes for which we can follow …

Field research throughout the Near East has provided a large corpus of architectural
remains from the terminal Pleistocene and early Holocene periods. These differ dramatically …

224 in waterlogged ditches to map what turned out to be the most elaborate system of
canals and reservoirs of the Mayan civilisation. Losing his toenails may have been the least …

Mudbrick technology and permanent architecture are Neolithic hallmarks but their origins
are not well understood. By adopting a symmetrical approach to the examination of building …

What social groups were involved in Neolithic craft production? What was the nature of early
forms of craft specialization, long before urban economies evolved? One way to look at this …

This paper presents direct evidence for cereal storage by Neolithic farmers in west Asia.
Storage features analyzed this study are circular clay bins that frequently occur at Neolithic …