The role of Iran as a center of origin for domesticated cereals has long been debated. High
stratigraphic resolution and rich archaeological remains at the aceramic Neolithic site of …

Phytolith analysis has become an increasingly popular archaeobotanical tool in the past few
decades. Phytoliths have been used to support key hypotheses relating to the domestication …

The scale and nature of early cultivation are topics that have received relatively limited
attention in research on the origins of agriculture. In Southwest Asia, one the earliest centers …

Recent studies have broadened our knowledge regarding the origins of agriculture in
southwest Asia by highlighting the multiregional and protracted nature of plant …

The Archaeology of Iran from the Palaeolithic to the Archaemenid Empire is the first modern
academic study to provide a synthetic, diachronic analysis of the archaeology and early …

Human communities made the transition from hunter-foraging to more sedentary agriculture
and herding at multiple locations across Southwest Asia through the Early Neolithic period …

The spread of the Neolithic from its area of origin in the Fertile Crescent into Europe, North
Africa and Central Asia, vast regions with high ecological and geographical disparity, in a …

The first Neolithic settlements in Southwest Asia began with a dual commitment to plant
cultivation and a sedentary lifestyle. The benefits that foragers-turned-farmers gained from …

Abstract Background and Aims Olive is considered a native plant of the eastern side of the
Mediterranean basin, from where it should have spread westward along the Mediterranean …

Incorporates the latest discoveries and theories from archaeology, genetics, history, and
linguistics to paint a spirited history of European settlement Who are the Europeans and …