Tracing the Difference: A Geoarchaeological Approach to the Formation of a Neolithic Tell/Extended Site in Greece

Non-Linear Spatial Patterning in Cultural Site Formation Processes - The Evidence from Micro- Artefacts in Cores from a Neolithic Tell Site in Greece

A Micromorphological Analysis of the Neolithic site of Mahtaj, Behbahan Plain

One of the long-lasting discussions concerning early Neolithic sites in the Iranian plateau deals with the issue of seasonal or permanent settlements that is directly related to level of human mobility during this period. It is noteworthy that this time period coincided with earliest signs of sedentary life style and domestication of some species of animal and plants. What kinds of activities w...

Archaeometric studies on Neolithic bullet-shaped cores from East Chia Sabz, Seymareh, Luristan

The East Chia Sabz site is located on the bank of the Seymareh River in the middle of the Zagros Mountain chain. The site is among the few examples of the acramic Neolithic sites of the 8th millennium B.C. of Zagros which was archaeologically investigated during the rescue archaeological studies of the Seymareh dam. Numerous bullet-shaped cores were unearthed during the archaeological excavatio...

Qabrestan Noshabad, a Neolithic Site in Kashan Region Results from First Archaeological Expedition

Neolithic period, the time when human start to change its way of life from hunting and gathering to framing and herding, is one of the most noticed cultural phenomenon by archaeologists. Kashan area is one of those regions that contains the oldest traces of this phenomenon, hence archaeological activities in the area goes back very early in Iran. Besides Sialk, that is most famous archaeologica...

Davidson D , Wilson C , Lemos IS & Theocharopoulos SP ( 2010 )

Xeropolis is a tell site on the island of Euboea, Greece just to the east of the village of Lefkandi, and was occupied from the Early to Late Bronze Age. Excavations in recent years have provided an opportunity to investigate site formation processes using geoarchaeological and geochemical techniques. Sediments derived from the tell on the southern side have been lost by coastal erosion whilst ...