A multi-stage Bayesian modelling for building the chronocultural sequence of the Late Mesolithic at Cueva de la Cocina (Valencia, Eastern Iberia)

O García-Puchol, SB McClure, J Juan-Cabanilles… - Quaternary …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents a refined Mesolithic chronocultural sequence as a result of matching
data provided by the set of archaeological research conducted at Cueva de la Cocina …

[HTML][HTML] One sea but many routes to Sail. The early maritime dispersal of Neolithic crops from the Aegean to the western Mediterranean

A de Vareilles, L Bouby, A Jesus, L Martin… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper explores the first maritime westward expansion of crops across the Adriatic and
the northern coast of the western Mediterranean. Starting in Greece at c. 6500 cal BC and …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic and dietary discontinuities during the Mesolithic and Neolithic in Sicily

H Yu, MS van de Loosdrecht, MA Mannino, S Talamo… - Iscience, 2022 - cell.com
Sicily is a key region for understanding the agricultural transition in the Mediterranean
because of its central position. Here, we present genomic and stable isotopic data for 19 …

Absolute Chronology at the Waterlogged Site of la Draga (lake Banyoles, NE Iberia): Bayesian Chronological Models Integrating Tree-Ring Measurement …

V Andreaki, JA Barceló, F Antolín, P Gassmann… - …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Sixty-two 14C dates are analyzed in combination with a recently established local floating
tree-ring sequence for the Early Neolithic site of La Draga (Banyoles, northeast Iberian …

Dispersal distances and cultural effects in the spread of the Neolithic along the northern Mediterranean coast

J Fort - Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2022 - Springer
We estimate a spread rate of 7.5–10.6 km/year for the Neolithic expansion along the
northern shore of the western Mediterranean. Comparing to theory and numerical …

The emergence of arboriculture in the 1st millennium BC along the Mediterranean's “Far West”

G Pérez-Jordà, N Alonso, N Rovira, I Figueiral… - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper presents the history of the introduction and expansion of arboriculture during the
1st millennium BC from the South of the Iberian Peninsula to the South of France. The …

Taphonomic processes inconsistent with indigenous Mesolithic acculturation during the transition to the Neolithic in the Western Mediterranean

S Pardo-Gordó, OG Puchol, AAD Castillo… - Quaternary …, 2018 - Elsevier
We applied taphonomic analysis combined with geostatistical approaches to investigate the
hypothesis that Cocina cave (Eastern Iberia) represents an acculturation context for the …

The spread of agriculture in Iberia through Approximate Bayesian Computation and Neolithic projectile tools

A Cortell-Nicolau, O García-Puchol, M Barrera-Cruz… - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
In the present article we use geometric microliths (a specific type of arrowhead) and
Approximate Bayesian Computation (ABC) in order to evaluate possible origin points and …

Socio-ecological contingencies with climate changes over the prehistory in the Mediterranean Iberia

E Brisset, J Revelles, I Expósito, J Bernabeu Aubán… - Quaternary, 2020 - mdpi.com
We conducted palynological, sedimentological, and chronological analyses of a coastal
sediment sequence to investigate landscape evolution and agropastoral practices in the …

The role of palynology in archaeoecological research: reconstructing human-environment interactions during Neolithic in the Western Mediterranean

J Revelles - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper provides an overview of the potential of palynology within palaeoenvironmental
research to reconstruct past landscapes and assess the relationship between vegetation …