The globalizing connections that defined the European Bronze Age in the second
millennium BC either ended or abruptly changed in the decades around 1200 BC. The …

Viticulture and wine making have been at the heart of discussions concerning the
Mycenaean society with elite groups which emerged in the Mediterranean during the Bronze …

This paper presents the earliest evidence for the exploitation of lignite (brown coal) in
Europe and sheds new light on the use of combustion fuel sources in the 2nd millennium …

This paper discusses the distribution of archaeobotanical remains of Olea europaea (olive)
across space and through time in mainland Greece and the Aegean from Neolithic to …

The analysis of microbotanical remains (starch grains and phytoliths) from food-related
domestic contexts and artefacts has the potential to provide insights into daily plant …

The highly destructive eruption of the volcano of Santorini during the Late Cycladic I period
as a fortunate consequence caused the buildings of the archaeological site of Akrotiri on …

Most research on the plant genus Phoenix has focused on Phoenix dactylifera (date palm)
due to its worldwide economic importance. Comparatively less attention has been devoted …

A number of studies over the last decades have considerably increased our knowledge
about production and trade of woollen textiles during the Bronze Age in the Near East, the …

Preliminary archaeobotanical data are used to explore crop storage and refuse disposal
strategies in four LBA settlements of mainland Greece, attempting to reconstruct intra …

This study provides a high-resolution reconstruction of the vegetation of the Argive Plain
(Peloponnese, Greece) covering 5000 years from the Early Bronze Age onwards. The well …