Managing agricultural risk, or variance in annual production, is a priority for farmers and
herders. This article reviews the ethnographic and historical literature on agricultural risk …

The potential of climate change to substantially alter human history is a pressing concern,
but the specific effects of different types of climate change remain unknown. This question …

Archaeological and historical data show that pastoral systems in Anatolia over the last ten
thousand years were characterised by a high degree of variability in degree of mobility, land …

The two East Asian millets, broomcorn (Panicum miliaceum) and foxtail millet (Setaria
italica), spread across Eurasia and became important crops by the second millennium BC …

" A comprehensive and entertaining historical and botanical review, providing an enjoyable
and cognitive read.”—Nature The foods we eat have a deep and often surprising past. From …

How will archaeology contribute to agricultural sustainability? To address that question, this
overview reflects on the diverse and complementary ways that archaeology has advanced …

While agricultural origins have been recently revised in light of new genetic and
archaeological evidence, parallel synthesis of subsequent developments in agricultural …

The reasons why people adopt unsustainable agricultural practices, and the ultimate
environmental implications of those practices, remain incompletely understood in the …

Social Complexity and Complex Systems in Archaeology turns to complex systems thinking
in search of a suitable framework to explore social complexity in Archaeology. Social …

On archaeological sites where livestock dung was a major fuel source, plant material that
survives digestion intact may well be preserved in the remnants of dung-fuelled fires …